Extreme case of "Founder's syndrome" - Anonymous employee Agendize Employee Review

1.0
Jun 21, 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great team & nice office location. Sometimes the team can get a project going if hidden from the CEO and he doesn't get involved.

Cons

The CEO is tired and irrational. Strategy & focus literally change every single day, sometimes multiple times a day. Extreme turnover as a result of the CEO's inability to manage a team. Very bad moral as a result of constant psychological abuse by the founder. The inability to maintain a senior management for more than a couple of months means the CEO is constantly micro-managing every single aspect of the business without good knowledge of the issues. I'd strongly advise staying away until the CEO has stepped down and let someone fresh take the management of the company.

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Agendize Response
9y
We value and consider all feedback that helps our company and the quality of our work environment grow. With a growing and experienced management team in place, in addition to the innovative, motivated and hard-working employees who always seem to come on board, we continue to create a comfortable, communicative and collaborative environment for every one of our Agendizers!

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5.0
May 1, 2017
Anonymous employee
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Pros

* Product is very good and flexible. I learn something new every day :) Use cases are infinite. * Partners in different countries, industries and languages make projects very exciting. * Love my coworkers even if we don't get to see each other often (4 offices...) * CEO with a vision shared by rest of teams

Cons

* Company is growing fast. With lots of new partners and clients signed very recently the company needs more people in customer/technical support. I am sure they will arrive soon so no much worries. * 4 offices does not make things easy always

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Agendize Response
7y
thank you
1.0
Sep 14, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Most of people who work here are amazing. Great office location right in the Plateau. Walking distance to many great restaurants and bars. Friday afternoon Happy hour

Cons

Senior management is constantly changing direction. Senior management talks down to employees, and treats them quite horribly - especially the CEO No real strategy - the CEO gets a hunch and jumps at it (most of it fails) The culture is very toxic, and starts with senior management. The CEO makes rash decisions, even after consulting with other members of management. The CEO will hire someone to do a certain job, (ie run the sales & marketing team at an office) and then will take all their power away, forcing them to walk out on an idle friday afternoon. If the CEO steps down, then I would recommend Agendize, until then - I just can't recommend working at Agendize to my worst enemy.

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Agendize Response
8y
Thank you for taking the time to write this review and I’m sorry to hear that your experience was not up to our standards. In the Fall of 2017, Agendize was chosen by the Lazaridis Institute to join its 2017 Scale Up Program as one the 10 most promising tech companies in Canada. With the cooperation of the Lazaridis program https://lazaridisinstitute.ca/lazaridis-scale-up-program/, Agendize's mission of bringing enterprise-grade tools to entrepreneurs and small businesses can be further reinforced. Working with our partners, Agendize is focused on delivering leading technology and excellent client service, the whole supported by an engaged team of employees in four countries. Please contact our HR Manager at ccavallaro@agendize.com to continue this conversation. It would be our pleasure to provide you further information.
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