Wasted potential has become toxic - Anonymous employee Phoenix Labs Employee Review

2.0
20 Sept 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Pay was decent, given the lack of profitability of the company. Some potential growth opportunities, depending on who you are.

Cons

As others have said, it's heavy on the koolaid. Senior management had good intentions to begin with but the values stopped being followed and started being empty catchphrases that were in complete contrast to their actions. The main project suffered from a lack of vision, which is a shame as it had potential. Trying to flag these issues gets met with hostility which, again, flies in the face of their values. Their reaction to covid was poor, as has already been covered in other reviews, but the writing was on the wall a long time before that. Senior management is responsible for the situation, repeatedly making poor decisions. I think it's probably beyond fixing, but senior management are likely going to stick it out as presumably large amounts of that acquisition money is time locked.

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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
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Pros

- Treated everyone like the adults we are - Amazing teams and talent - Fun projects - Responsibility and power to act upon it were given - Pacing felt healthy, flexible, and still productive - The pipeline made sense

Cons

- Was hit by layoffs that felt incredibly sudden and against the company values

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