48% positive business outlook
Pros
- Some amazing people to work with. - Great location - Great office perks
Cons
- If you want to get promoted, you will need to suck up management team - Good people slowly leaving the company from all departments. They are looking for alternatives. - Your hard work is not recognized unless you suck up management team.
Pros
Payfirma offers a great opportunity to grow, learn and expand your career horizons. The office culture was great and I really enjoyed the people I worked with. The pace was fast and I was really able to see the value of my contributions.
Cons
I really do not have any cons.
Pros
Some great people remain after a large layoff, some staff are ridiculously dedicated Strong relationship with a top bank will help them Nice office space with a lot of room
Cons
Senior management struggles to make decisions Some executives appear to be brought into the company based on resume rather than fit with 1 major false start a year ago and another that has done more harm than good Tendency to say say one thing but do something else Visible lack of support for decisions made by other executives
Pros
Payfirma offered me a great opportunity to further my sales career here in Vancouver. I have been treated with nothing but fairness and respect from day one. I was promoted to Account Executive after 5 months working in a more junior role role. In my opinion (and I have lots of friends in similar jobs in startups in Vancouver) there is no other startup business where you have the opportunity to sell a product that all business actually need. I have built a book of business of over 200 companies in 7 months, most ppl I know in tech are lucky to get a few business' DMs on the phone per week. The compensation is based on the revenue you generate for the business not on where you went to school or who you know like a lot of places around town. The focus on profitability is refreshing in a space where business' have lost sight of this concept and rely on handouts that dry up in the long run. Payfirma has some excellent referral partners that keep the sales funnel topped up daily with highly qualified leads making the job of the Account Executive a lot easier and more productive. The sales process in Payfirma is so advanced that at times there are too many sales opportunities to handle (a great problem to have for a sales guy). There is never a day where you feel unproductive. Mentorship is taking seriously by the sales management and monthly one on ones are organised to talk about how to improve your skills and grow in the role. The group dynamic in the sales team is great and everyone helps and trusts each other. Everyone in the group will often hang out outside of work hours which is always a great sign of cohesive team. They are focused boarding new referral partners all the time to ensure continued growth in future qualified leads for the sales team. 4 weeks paid vacation/snacks/coffee/downtown location/generous residual commission
Cons
We used to have taco Tuesday once per month. This is no longer the case. We are under staffed in the support role at present but management have been busy hiring and training to fix his issue. The elevators in the new office building are really slow! They changed the trail mix lately... no bueno! Bring back the Costco mix. The dev team and the sales guys don't know each other.
Pros
1. Product is truly awesome 2. Office is really classy, free food and beer Fridays, Taco Tuesdays 3. Everyone here is really nice 4. Leadership and Board of Directors is top notch 5. Opportunity for advancement
Cons
1. Salary is low 2. Poor performers aren't fired fast enough 3. Sales people are not team plauers
Pros
There are some nice staff working at Payfirma. The location of the office is great very close to downtown. The work is not very difficult.
Cons
You can count on one hand the people who have been at Payfirma for 2 years. It's a revolving door. That tells everything. Good people leave. The CEO talks bad behind people's back and makes a bad culture. Just ask any executives or employees. Bad decisions are made in the company. The vision is very unclear and the general operations are messy.
Pros
Culture, plentiful resources, and a world-class management team that is guaranteed to take Payfirma to the forefront of the payments industry
Cons
Space is at a premium and the company has quickly outgrown the office
Pros
Great people. Execs are for the most part very approachable and have open door policy. Office location is awesome (heart of downtown) and lunch and learns offic, treats and townhalls give this place glimmers of a close knit "in the trenches" together feel. Company is in a stage of rapid growth so it's an exciting space for those passionate about tech and startups and being a part of something awesome.
Cons
Individual teams are close knit but more could be done to unite all departments and get everybody aligned with vision and values. It's not bad, but it could be better!
Pros
The company doesn't have a lot going for them right now. They have an office downtown, some free food and a ping-pong table. A few good people still work here.
Cons
The executives are awful, they got millions from investors not even a year ago and just wasted it. They laid off almost half the company right before Christmas and those were the lucky ones. They spend all their time trying look like an awesome tech company but really they are just reselling credit card services from other companies. They change the objectives all the time and then blame everyone but themselves when projects don't get finished. They talk about changing but they never follow through on anything.
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