Pros
- Great colleagues - Work flexibility
Cons
- No job security. They go through stages of mass hiring and then mass firing (3 layoffs in 3 years). Everyone is expendable apart from a select few. - Lack of leadership. A lot of "higher ups" who do a lot of talking and not a lot of doing. Strategy changes often due lack of direction and not allowing enough time for results. Leaders that don't listen, they were warned multiple times about project commitments and unsustainable scaling. - Overworked and underpaid. Many people at the lower end of the totem pole receive the work of multiple roles, even work outside of their department (sorry, "circle"). This company follows a clear hierarchical system but claims it follows holocracy, which seems to be used in a way to give people more accountabilities outside of their role without additional pay. - No career progression. A year ago they were working on a career framework, which was seemingly abandoned as there is no career path here. - Lack of transparency. They often say they promote a culture that is "open, honest, and transparent", but I, and I know many others, disagree. So many things were swept under the rug to stop people from asking for further information. - Sheer incompetence. The amount of easily avoidable blunders made by leadership, HR, and finance was pretty astounding. The incompetencies don't even surprise anyone anymore (failed projects, many salary issues, sending confidential information to employees).
