A sluggish company that thinks they are a dynamic, billion-dollar business. - Anonymous employee SaaS Markets Employee Review

1.0
Apr 29, 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

There were some good times had on the occasions where we had in-office happy hours or barbecues. Also, a few snacks/drinks were provided to get you somewhat energized throughout the day. This opportunity also gave me the awareness to sniff out incompetent managers.

Cons

The biggest issues arise from the management structure. The managers think they know how to manage effectively, but prove to be so ignorant that they don't realize they are creating a stagnant culture. Managers are in their office singing and playing guitar instead of helping drive the company to greater success. And this all boils down to upper management, who are blinded by their egos, and rarely listen to the lower-level employees. Otherwise, there is no cohesion between workers, and hardly any transparency between the company and the workers. For example, the higher-ups go on business trips, and will only mention the results if something positive came out of the meetings. Another example is the "investors" have the same product as SaaS Markets, but labeled something completely different, and no answer as to why our "investors" are competing in our space is given.

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5.0
Sep 17, 2018
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great benefits, Great people, good locations

Cons

The complexity of our business is sometimes hard to explain to others.

3.0
May 8, 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

+ The idea of the store as well as the concept and product overall is good. + Typical startup perks: Free food, drinks, parties. + 10 days PTO + floating holidays. + Colleagues and managers for the most part were very nice. + Nice office. Top-notch hardware and software. + Pay is typical for a startup, but less than most companies.

Cons

- Company focus and ideas are in the wrong direction. Lots of time was wasted chasing after the pie in the sky ideas, and after the wrong type of clients and consumers. - Focusing on and fixing the obvious was ignored in favor of irrelevant and pointless projects while longstanding issues and problems were constantly ignored and left to fester. - Despite giving appearances of such, management did not listen to suggestions. - More of a stilted corporate environment than that of a startup. - Despite giving appearances of such, its very much a top down/trickle down management. - Zero and disallowed communication between the US and European offices beyond the CEO. Leads back to previous post on top-down management. - Very high employee turnover. Hardly anyone from the original team from one year ago is there. You will see lots of people quit during your time there. -No clear promotion or raise track for employees in some divisions and departments.

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