Work here if you want to be babysat - Anonymous employee Influenster Employee Review

1.0
May 16, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Free lunch and dogs are allowed in the office

Cons

Granted, I was a freelancer so I don't have the full scope of the horrors that happened at Influenster, but I couldn't believe the way in which this place of business was run. The first and most apparent thing that I noticed was the LACK of diversity in a modern NYC office. You can count the number of people of color in the office with one hand. Secondly, you are watched like a hawk. There are rumors that the CEOs watch the employees through the cameras that are set up around the office. Everything here, the work streams, teh meetings, the way the business is set up is inefficient and is all just busy work - which extremely bogs down your work/life balance and you are churning out emails and proposals all day. It seems like there is no real desire to improve this inefficiency from the managers, directors, or the Founders (also I don't know if they understand that this is a huge problem). Lastly everyone who was probably a good thing for the company has realized and left (for the better) because the founders have antagonized, micromanaged, and belittled prospective change makers within the company to leave. At the end of the day -everyone here is super stressed out, and works in fear. Don't even get me started on the slack culture that exists here - it is insane how almost everyone's dirty laundry is left out on slack and the founders have been involved with these public shaming and other company conversations that should definitely not been on the #general Slack. I am so glad that I am gone and have left this place behind.

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Influenster Response
7y
It is unfortunate that you view your personal experience negatively; however, we feel it is necessary to address the statements made that are not based on facts. Here are some facts we would like to address: We are very diverse - to state otherwise is not true. We value and respect our diverse culture comprised of team members from different countries, races, religions, and ethnicities. Like many professional companies we have cameras in plain sight for the safety and security of our employees and property. We value our employees. We listen to, respect, coach, mentor, and promote employees who value the company. Our values, benefits and perks, our employee longevity, internal promotions, financial successes and our millions of growing members speak for themselves. If you have any questions about our team dynamics or workflow, where we encourage both autonomy and collaboration, then please feel free to email me directly at: hr.confidential@influenster.com

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Influenster is a place where you can gain valuable experience and move up the ladder quickly if you put in the effort. The company is growing rapidly in terms of revenue and membership which makes it a pretty exciting time to be here. Management makes it a priority to come up with new products for both its member base and clients, so there are new launches happening all the time meaning you won’t be bored. Also if you have a fresh idea for a new feature or a recommendation on how to make a process run more smoothly, you are listened to and many times see your suggestion come to life. Overall the team has respect for one another and many of us have made lifelong friendships working here. There are also perks like lunches, rooftop happy hours, product giveaways and cute dogs joining all the meetings.

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Influenster has a lot of things they want to accomplish so priorities can change from time to time, which may bother those who are used to more of a strict structure. I also agree there have been growing pains in scaling but I guess that happens when you’re evolving from small startup to a much larger organization.

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Influenster Response
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Thank you - we will continue to reward hard work and look to improve the way we communicate the link between individual contributions to our overall mission of the company.
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