Avoid like the plague - Anonymous employee PolicyPal Employee Review

1.0
Sep 17, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Fantastic colleagues - helpful, friendly and understanding. Too bad most are planning to leave or have left already.

Cons

All the downsides of working in a startup and few/none of the upsides. There is no clear strategy; usual practice is to go for the lowest hanging fruit. As such, a lot of time and effort wasted on projects that will never come to fruition. Val doesn't appreciate feedback/other people's opinions. Neither does she bother to leverage on people's strength and experiences. Most of the time, she just wants people to do things her way. Val also needs to understand what is proper communication and stop her passive-aggressive behaviors. She always needs to have the last say in every matter and find a rebuttal for every opinion. Atmosphere of the office is so tense whenever Val is around that new hires are able to sense something is wrong within the first few weeks of coming in. Word of advice: Don't bother applying, you'll be finding a new job before the first year is over.

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PolicyPal Response
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Dear former employee, thank you for your contribution to PolicyPal during your tenure. We apologise that you did not feel valued. We are always learning how we can do better for all stakeholders including our team, investors, customers. We have implemented various initiatives, such as sharing your End of Day reflections and challenges to your supervisor, and we hold monthly 1 to 1 feedback sessions for every employee and supervisor, and I have also freed up one hour every month to allow any team member to chat with myself about anything. We would like to know if you have brought up your difficulties and unhappiness to your supervisor or myself during these sessions? We value your feedback and would like to know how we can improve the team culture. If you are willing to share more, feel free to drop us an email at (hr@policypal.com), so that we can arrange for a chat. Thank you, we wish you all the best in your future endeavors! Val

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