Horrible Politics and poor EQ managers - Anonymous employee Discord Employee Review

1.0
Jan 27, 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Product is amazing and sky is the limit. Most people here really care about each other and want the best for the company.

Cons

Recently the company has been hiring many middle to senior level managers who bring great experience from other strong companies (which is totally great as we grow). As these managers hire new team members, it is painfully obvious that the new team members are favored. Original employees are often blamed for problems that exist due to “lack of expertise or experience”, while new team members are praised for “single-handedly fixing things”. Not sure if people don’t realize that it is not that simple. Know this is typically part of growing pains but seems particularly bad here right now. TLDR: great to have new expertise at the company. But remember who got you to this point (they aren’t idiots).

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Discord Response
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First and foremost, thank you for sharing your thoughts with us. Your passion for Discord, our product and our people are clear. And your critical feedback makes us better. As you know, we recently updated our core company values as an evolution from where we've been and a reflection of the kind of company we want to be. Favoritism of any kind has never been acceptable and is certainly not in line with these principles. We would strongly encourage you to reach out to your manager, People Business Partner or a member of the People Team with your concerns so we can address your concerns in a more meaningful way. We are just as committed as you are to keeping Discord an amazing place to work.

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