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Negative and political culture with a heavy dose of micro-management - Anonymous employee ClassPass Employee Review

2.0
Sep 4, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Free ClassPass subscription, flexible schedule

Cons

The culture is definitely in a declining state and despite upper management being aware of the issues, little solutions are being identified or implemented to improve. The C level mgmt is very quick to make personal judgments on employees and it's very difficult to recover if that C-level doesn't like you. I've had to continually defend team members or myself to upper management because one interaction with a particular exec didn't go as well. It's incredibly difficult to overcome any subpar first-impression. The team also micromanages a ton with little room to challenge or negotiate. Despite the fact that one of the company principles is to challenge - it's looked down upon if you don't just go along with the recommendation. The negative petty culture is very difficult which is a shame because the company mission and products are great.

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Pros

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Cons

First and foremost, if you're a POC, you need to stay far away from this place. There is absolutely no diversity, and majority of the sales org, including the leaders, are white women. The managers lack skill, and don't know how to sell or manage. They only became managers because of their connections or because they were there in the early days of ClassPass and stayed long enough to get promoted. Nothing based on merit or skill. The sales culture is very churn and burn. The retention rate is so low, and this company is like a revolving door. You become a "veteran" or senior employee if you have worked there longer than 4 months. They have extremely unrealistic goals for the sales org, and the leads are awful. And it's because the company is terrible, and doesn't invest in partner services or support, so gyms and salons tend to have a bad experience because the resources and support they have for them are abysmal. Not to mention the bad reputation that ClassPass has; if you call a lead that has been called before, you will get extremely frustrated owners. They will tell you that ClassPass reps are harassing them by constantly calling, but that is what you are taught to do as a rep. To wrap it all up, there is no diversity, incompetent leaders, and bad reputation.

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