Hello Soda Reviews

2.7

38% would recommend to a friend

(36 total reviews)
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James Blake

8% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

Hello Soda has an employee rating of 2.7 out of 5 stars, based on 36 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there.

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36 reviews
1.0
4 Mar 2019

Over-promise and under-deliver

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The people you work with are friendly and hardworking.

Cons

Management likes to keep a culture of secrecy. They will over-sell and under-deliver because of this people feel overworked. They advertise a competitive salary but you will be paid a below average wage. There is a strong culture of firing employees if they don't make a sale within the first few months of joining. It's Impossible to create a long-term working relationship, the company has a high turnover rate. Decision makers know very little about the product and technology. Bad communication. No actual benefits. Long working hours.

1.0
11 Jul 2017
Recommend
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Pros

I have nothing good to say about Hello Soda.

Cons

- Low salaries and never increase - No promotions - Bonus doesn't match the manager promised before - Reduction of bonus without any notification - Unfair treatment to minorities - No chance of building my own team as they promised - So called FinTech company doesn't really have the technology. Most of the techniques are out of date - Lack of communication with the employees - Ignore the employees essential rights such as sick pay - If would like to work for a Cold War Soviet Union type company, and enjoy to be spied and mental torture. This company is perfect for you. The managers have a habit of accidentally hearing you talking with phone. Also, they are excellent fiction writers who wrote a lot of stories about you. For example, you make a call and take holidays, they think you are trying to find another job. The managers love to share the stories that they invent for you. - When I take a sick absent, they keep emailing you and ask when you can come to work. I am wonder it is still a slavery world or not. - It is childish and unprofessional company. For me it is a totally nightmare. I am glad I get rid of it.

1.0
7 Oct 2020
Recommend
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Pros

- Decent starting salary in central location

Cons

- Micromanagement: Under constant scrutiny of corporate managers and aggressive management inflicts unecessary pressure on employees, and reflects lack of trust and comunication. Needless to say, comunication with management is unprofessional and often plays on "fear factor". -Unfriendly Hypercompetitive Culture: Healthy competition is good for business, however having competition as the focal point of company culture breeds animosity and gossip between employees, (something which I thought only happened in middle schools). This results in lack of cooperation and comunication between employees, definately not a confortable environement to work in. -Overpromise and underdeliver = False expectations: Over promising and creating false expectations to their employees is definately one of the main reasons this company has such a high employee turnover. The employee doesn't feel valued and financial incentives serve only as a "false recruitment and motivation strategy" to counteract the high employee turnover. - Lack of longterm value proposition and strategy: No sense of long term value proposition and strategy make the focal point of the company be the immediate short term profit. There is no sense of company purpose and direction, moreover transparency and comunication is blurry and unclear. There is little to no market analysis & strategy which often makes sales efforts innefficient and in vain. Having no solid long term value proposition and just a good sales pitch results in overpromising and low client retention. -High Employee Turnover: Most importantl of all is the astronomical employee turnover. All of the above factors contribute to an incredibly high employee turnover which reflects the appalling company culture, all time low employee satisfaction and poor management. If you are looking for long term carreer projection and progress this is not the place for you.

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