Taken over by Bayut / EMPG, dubizzle is wiped out - Anonymous employee Dubizzle Employee Review

1.0
9 Jun 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- The originally talented and diverse dubizzle people. - Flexibility and adaptability yet focused and strict on achieving. - Salaries are okay VS other companies. (Depending on nationality) - Caring about their people. (Family concept) - Learning and online academies and other self development tools. - Open communication from top management and vice-versa. - Overall potential and locally strong brand name.

Cons

- The company is ruined and destroyed by the greedy take over of Bayut / EMPG. - Employees loyalty is gone after the Bayut take over and multiple redundancies over the recent months and years and even now, lots and lots of talents and experiences were let go blindly. - Abandonment of the people and the company by OLX. - Culture is wiped out and it is no more. - Too many redundancy waves in very short intervals, despite the very healthy position of the company's financials in most verticals - Lack of career paths tracking and actions, despite the promises. - Unfair solo judgments from line managers, who originally got "re-badged" titles by higher management using the favoritism method after few restructures, without considering experience and talent when such "promotions" took place, which can either take you up or drop you down if you are a team member under a "re-badged" line manager. - Overall sense of job insecurities without being addressed. - Inexperienced middle managers and department heads who steal credit from their teams and cover it up. - HR Completely relies on manager's feedback without using "Fact finding" from both sides. Always taken seriously if by a line manager against their team "We have already decided that....", but never the case if raised by a team member against their line manager, the reply would mostly be "It is what it is, try to keep up with it". - People resign because of their departments or managers giving them hard times, but not because of the company. (Before the Bayut take over) - Extroverts always got an advantage over introverts. - Very aggressive revenue targets. - Lack of proper connectivity and alignment across different departments. - Not keeping up with market trends and changes with outdated internal tools.

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

Interesting starting opportunities for very young & bright people. Fun place to work and enjoy your work life balance. Interesting individuals. Interesting tech projects and reasonable technology. Salary is so so.

Cons

Lots of talking and less doing. Promises no deliveries. A very young upper & middle management team, has limited experience, thus no clear strategy and doesn't know how to deal with issues. IT equipment for majority sucks. For a tech company would expect way better. Career growth limited. Culture & values are dictated and if someone doesn't like you, you are out. Limited benefits.

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