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Waste of Time - Anonymous employee Voyager Innovations Employee Review

2.0
23 Apr 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

1) Swanky office + cool "fringe" perks (Macbook laptops, gym, free breakfast, bonuses) 2) Fun events every now and then 3) Young employees (it's easy to find friends in here especially of you're a Millennial) 4) Competitive health benefits 5) Flexitime

Cons

1) Serious identity crisis: On paper, it has all these ambitious visions and missions. But those barely translate to anything real. 2) Too many projects going on at the same time. Directions are confusing. So much time, money, and effort are wasted on ill-conceived products that don't really answer real-world needs. Voyager is your classic Jack-of-all-trades, master of none. 3) They celebrate the word "pivot" and enjoy killing projects. Pivots are understandable in start ups but if that's all you do, then there must be something wrong with the company. 4) Feedback process is a one-way street. There are peer reviews but there are no means of reviewing your managers. 5) Promotions and salary increases are very subjective. 6) Politics and credit-grabbing are prevalent. PR trumps hardwork. The doers are rarely recognized and rewarded. 7) Pressured to earn revenue because of high costs (wasteful marketing + larger-than-necessary manpower) but there's only a few saleable products that make sense. 8) High-pressure environment: working beyond office hours is a "norm." The culture of busy is celebrated. Lots of time are spent on planning and presenting strategies, then creating, marketing, and selling products. But at the end of the day/month/year, directions change, and all your efforts go to waste.

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4.0
18 Apr 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great tech Great environment Exciting events and perks

Cons

Politics Sometimes people are not so professional

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5.0
1 Mar 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

I have been working here for almost a year now. I joined the company immediately after graduating from the University of the Philippines, so I was worried that there would be a gap between what I studied in academia and its application in creating real tech products. While there was of course a difference between theory and practice, Voyager gave me a venue to cultivate my skills by providing trainings on a weekly basis. The company also provided me opportunities to attend different conferences important to those who want to build a career in quality engineering, such as softcon and webinars. Perhaps what is most refreshing is that - even as a fresh graduate - I am given regular opportunities to share my knowledge to my teammates, even those much older than I am, and my opinions and ideas are always taken seriously. In that way, Voyager is organizationally flat and operates as a meritocracy. Here we are free to learn and use different tools and technologies based on the needs and challenges of the project we’re handling: in other words, there is no particular dogma that we have to adhere to - we just do what works. This kind of thinking prospers at Voyager because of the culture, which is something I am truly proud of for all the reasons I mentioned above.

Cons

Since Voyager is growing rapidly, reserving rooms where meetings can be held has been an issue. However, management will relocate us to a much larger office later this year or early next year.

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