Micromanagement, humiliation, scapegoating, and absolute degradation - Manager Deliverr Employee Review

1.0
Apr 25, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Wfh I guess, and the product itself is cool in practice and is lucrative. Makes a lot of money off of people.

Cons

- It makes sense to be metrics focused, but quite literally everything is focused around the bottom-line, at the expense of employees' mental health -- unfortunately of women especially. - The growth teams are especially heinous when it comes to management. The powertripping and micromanagement, probably unbeknownst to the rest of the company except for the victims who suffer from it, that takes place borders on absolute insanity. There is no trust given to employees to accomplish something on their own. The company espouses "honest and transparent" as a value. And sure that is important, but that should not have to come at a cost of baseline respect. - A general culture of taking credit when something good happens, and scapegoating when anything goes south. This does not reflect my experience of every manager in the company, to be clear, just growth related managers. - If a company has this much churn and burn, some self-reflection should be in order. A simple example of why Ivy league smarts does not translate into emotional intelligence, of which middle management is cracked DRY. Performance reviews are very top-down, and feedback is not welcome the other direction even though the company claims, and will likely respond with some bs that it is even here on Glassdoor. I have never felt so degraded, humiliated, and unconfident of my ability working at a company. Honestly, it destroyed a lot of my self worth and also that of other women who I know do not work at the company anymore.

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Deliverr Response
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First and foremost, thank you for taking the time to provide this feedback. While I don’t have all the specifics, I want to address your concerns as best I can. At Deliverr, we care greatly about mental health. At no point should a person’s mental health be intentionally impacted by business decisions or expectations regardless of gender identity. We are committed to providing mental health resources as part of our benefits, and our team is always available at benefits@deliverr.com for questions. Our Deliverr values represent guiding principles all employees should use to serve other employees, customers, and those around us. These values should never be used as an excuse to disrespect someone, or to use someone as a scapegoat. Employees can always raise concerns to our HR organization, who will work with employees on appropriate next steps. Going forward, we are committed to creating safe spaces for employees to provide feedback for managers and leadership. This year, we are rolling out a manager feedback model, which will allow us to hold our management team accountable for creating an inclusive work environment. We have also implemented a quarterly pulse survey to gauge the organization’s health across many areas, including leadership. As I've come in and met dozens of team members of the Growth team over the past few months, I've been impressed by how committed our team is to making this company an incredible place to work, and an incredible provider to our merchants. But I know we have more to do - that's why my top priority for our business is "Raise the bar for our culture. Create an environment where employees can do their best work. Put trust, honesty and inclusion at the center of our culture." I know that an inclusive, diverse team is critical to our business success and I've experienced first hand the types of challenges you talk about. I want you to know I'm personally committed to addressing this feedback within our organization Please consider this not only a response, but an open invitation to meet so I can learn more about these concerns. Sincerely, Soumya Srinagesh Chief Revenue Officer

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