Shiny on the outside, churn on the inside - Manager Indeed Employee Review

3.0
21 Aug 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Initial impressions are very impressive. It's hard to get hired here and the first visit can give the 'wow' experience. -Office environment is beautiful (contemporary office space, Aeron chairs, Varidesks on demand, Herman Miller furniture, etc.) Tons of really good, free food. -Lots off employee events like happy hours, family days, picnics, etc.) -High growth mode. Relatively easy to get a new hire req approved. Very optimistic about the future (without explanation.) -good level of transparency about most things (salary and comp bands are not one of them) -Product and Engineering divisions run the show -Opportunities to move around the company -Salary trends on the low side. -Benefits are very good with low cost to employees.

Cons

-Feedback system gone fubar. Online system allows people to send private email to managers about their people. Creates two-face, passive aggressive environment -Different departments have unique cultures and hierarchy (meaning some positions a different grade then equivalent positions in other departments.) -Avoid program management and BA roles which are like department admins -Some VPs are very tuned in (COO, CEO, Product, Eng), others are not (Marketing) -Very millennial oriented. Abundance of perks creates entitled environment. Lack of urgency to get things done. Passivity abounds. -Most departments use a quarterly eval process. The continuous feedback system can be helpful but is time consuming and makes people feel like they are walking on egg shells.

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Indeed Response
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Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review about your experiences of working at Indeed in Austin. We’re glad to see that you enjoyed the beautiful office environment in Austin where we host a variety of different events for our employees from family days to wellness week, pride to summer parties. We’ve been lucky as we’ve grown so quickly to provide many development opportunities for our people but also to being in great new talent externally. We’re constantly looking to improve our internal feedback systems and continue moving forward to a fully transparent approach. Thanks again for leaving us feedback as we’re always looking to grow and improve our business.

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