Potential with Problems - Anonymous employee Urben Employee Review

3.0
10 Aug 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Urben is a small 2 year old start up designing products to tackle the issues found in integrating sophisticated AV solutions into the work space. As with every small start up you get good experience in all areas of the business while being a large contributor to its successes. Great experience and satisfaction growing the business and bringing a product range to market.

Cons

Business success is limited to leaderships inexperience in the design and manufacture industry. This together with a lack of a business strategy results in a roller coaster ride with unnecessary stressful deadlines and distractions from the critical path. 'Pulled left and right' unable to focus on specific career development. Leadership panicking creates undesirable environment where productivity and respect drops. AV industry is chaotic.

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2.0
25 Oct 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Innovative product, which can provide a real benefit to customers. Potential for real growth in the market. Most people at the company were good people, and largely there's a good work life balance; people regularly go home on time.

Cons

Chaotic leadership approach; easily distracted from strategy, forgetful and often deeply unprofessional. Projects and priorities change on a daily basis, with many ventures driven by ego and emotion. Ultimately, this company is trying to do too many things, rather than focusing on what it can deliver best. Urben often creates a rod for its own back by overcommitting to customers, even when not under pressure. Aside from the emotional and wildly inconsistent management, employee benefits are also statutory minimum across the board (including qualifying earnings only on pensions). They are willing to make promises to get people through the door, but when reminded of them later, make excuses or label them "a miscommunication".

3
2.0
30 Dec 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Neat product idea, forward thinking owner

Cons

Don't have the technical knowledge to back up their claims

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