Dysfunctional - Anonymous employee Indy Employee Review

2.0
Aug 11, 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The office is located in Santa Monica and not too far from the beach. There are smart, talented, and creative people on board.

Cons

It is true that most of the founding team have never worked in the U.S. or have run a business. Issues have arisen because of their lack of knowledge or care. They are constantly putting out fires due to upper management's inexperience with running a business. Our HR department should and needs to be improved. I agree that employees do seem miserable at tispr - it either shows on their face or they act out in immature ways. The product is not where it should be, yet they are trying to make improvements to the platform. Forget about having cool, fun startup incentives for all your hard work, there are NONE unless you count foosball, ping pong and pool as great incentives. If you are interested in a job at the tispr headquarters, have other job options on your list as a backup plan.

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Indy Response
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Thank you for taking the time to give us your feedback. I’d like to address each of your concern points as it’s of the utmost importance to us that both our employees and the tispr community are happy in their work. - We are proud of our diverse and international founding team, which comprises people with different backgrounds and cultures. Both from the U.S. and other countries. This is not just represented in our “founding team” but at an entire company level, from our investors, team members and advisors, we are an international and open company. Our investing and advising team is comprised of the highest level industry leaders in the field, who have achieved great success within the U.S. and abroad. - The value of a start-up comes from the people who comprise the team, the company’s mission and the culture which weaves it all together. In my view, the team and people are and should remain the biggest driving incentive to join a company. This is part of our culture. - A start-up is by default about “constant improvement and learning”, because when one creates a company everything needs to be made from the bottom up, from scratch. The culture we share at tispr, is that when something needs improvement, it’s up to the team and the people to “make it happen” and create value. - We care about our team. Full stop. This is why we spend countless hours together, both at work and privately - through challenge and joy. The team at tispr is not miserable. It’s Epic. - We have over 20 amazing people working on the first tispr product today. I am sure that they will appreciate your open feedback and suggestions for improvement, as we are always open to hear from both our community and our team members. As such, please feel free to email me so I can take the time to understand your feedback in more detail. I hope this speaks to your inquiries, and look forward to moving towards resolution. Sebastian Alyn Gyr - CEO

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