So busy moving fast they can’t figure out what they are doing - Anonymous employee Compass Employee Review

1.0
Jul 31, 2021
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Company is growing, generous benefits intent is good to be a company of choice

Cons

Company is moving so fast that it is losing good talent, no right leadership in place, HR is so busy catering to leadership to make them happy can’t figure out how to provide more organization and actually hire the right people to do the work, and know when to say “No” and prioritize .. so disconnected from day to day on systems processes and what employee need and want chaotic and everyone is clueless, overworked and overwhelmed. Transparency and communication is just horrible across teams and departments. High turnover perhaps HR should pause and ask why they have such high turn over versus how many people they are hiring.

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Forward thinking tech company exploring the cutting edge

Cons

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2.0
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Pros

People are smart. Very much a “move fast and break things” culture which can be refreshing compared to bureaucracy-heavy corporate life. I don’t agree with their values (if they have any) but what they’re doing is unquestionably working - business outlook is strong.

Cons

Leadership will tell you there’s no ego or self-interest involved in their strategy - that is untrue. It’s an extremely heliocentric culture around the CEO. A lot of the work is based around what people they're guessing he’ll like, but there’s no alignment at the outset and something you worked on for weeks/months will be trashed after one look from him. Their mission is ostensibly about empowering agents but they are solving a problem that pretty much no one was complaining about before they started, and which just so happens to work highly in their favor in terms of market share. It’s just business but very disingenuous- don’t believe the hype that it’s altruistic somehow. Also the CEO loves to share his sob story about his single mother upbringing, but simultaneously enacts some of the most anti-parent policies you could think of.

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