Definitely chews off more than it can kill - Anonymous employee Olsam Employee Review

3.0
Jun 1, 2023
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Open minded business with progressive view on what a workplace to be. Generally nice people and flexibility. Opportunity to take ownership and some members of leadership do listen to ideas, even if they do not necessarily implement them.

Cons

Operates in a competitive industry but still tends to rely on copying competitors as opposed to pursuing its strategy or niche. Lacks its own identity Lack of transparency around layoffs and poor handling around how these were communicated. Continue to post publicly about their great culture after doing layoffs in such a manner. The people are very nice but ultimately fickle and a real culture hardly existed. The CEOs are young and fresh but do not like being challenged, even by those who have more experience. Close to zero development opportunities - you can do a year or two here but will eventually need to leave as they will not deliver on promises for development unless you are one of the CEOs favourites.

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Olsam Response
3y
Thank you so much for taking the time to give detailed feedback, it really is valuable to us and we are committed to listening to each review we receive. Firstly, it's great that you feel we're a progressive workplace, with flexibility, nice people and ownership opportunities! We're continually building and nurturing our culture and it's sad that despite the positives you mention, the culture wasn't what you needed. Our engagement and pulse surveys collect anonymous feedback from our teams monthly, so we'd love to think that some of your feedback has already been taken onboard and used for good from the time you were at Olsam. You've taken the time to give some broad-ranging feedback and we're not sure any comment here would give you the dynamic response we feel is needed. We'd love to invite you to reach out (hr@olsamgroup.com) to set-up a call so we can discuss and understand further. Thanks, Olsam

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Olsam Response
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Thank you for taking the time to leave a review about Olsam. We love that you enjoy working with us and find Olsam a great place for you to learn and grow professionally. We are so proud of the team here and it's awesome when they get shouted about! We agree, we embrace the fast-paced nature of a start-up, it definitely pushes us to achieve more and fast. However, we understand that this can be demanding at times so we work hard to provide support, mentorship and resources to our team as we scale. -Olsam
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