A company that has lost its soul! - Anonymous employee RedBalloon Employee Review

2.0
Apr 9, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

It used to be: - the flat structure - the focus on culture and employee experience - the lack of corporate blame-games - Pyrmont is a very laid back area

Cons

- Since the change in leadership in early 2015, there has been a massive staff turnover. Despite some of the other reviews pointing to people not coping well with change, a 30 - 35% staff turnover is a rather strong sign of bad leadership, increasing middle management and unclear strategy. - Certain teams always get away with not delivering results and never taking any accountability. Instead they work best by delegating the blame to other parts of the business. - The hiring standards have dropped significantly with a clear decline in the cultural fit aspect. - The Best Place to Work awards and the "amazing employee experience" while still on the website and touted on social media is most definitely a thing of the past so don't be fooled. - This company used to have a soul but is now well on its way to corporate Neverland complete with an unapproachable CEO, a growing yet ineffective middle management layer, nasty office politics and a muddy strategy.

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RedBalloon Response
8y
We went on a soul search and we found her again! Phew. Thanks for letting us know we'd misplaced her. Sorry to hear your experience wasn't what we promise behind the big red door - there have been a lot of changes since you penned this review, and we think we're kicking some pretty good goals again with an amazing team. We hope you're happy in your current role.

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