Not a great place to work in - Engineer Saleswhale Employee Review

1.0
Aug 2, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

- nice, young, friendly colleagues - good opportunities to learn building a product - passionate CEO

Cons

Disclaimer: Saleswhale was fine in the earlier days in 2019. We had a goal, we had a plan. Then everything started to fall apart post Series A (middle of 2019), and even worse after COVID hit. - CEO changes his mind about coy direction every other month, forcing his ideas on people with endless rants on Slack. Engineers are just building whatever they are told to build without really knowing why. - No management team present. CEO had 4 VPs at one point. However within a year, all 4 VPs gave up, quit, or got fired. Now CEO is pretty much running it like a dictatorship - his way or the highway. - No company direction - people feel they are just working a month at a time without know the overarching goals/strategy (if any)

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5.0
Nov 23, 2020
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Pros

Culture, colleagues, work-life balance, product, and strategy

Cons

The company is international so sometimes you have to wait a day to talk to colleagues

5.0
Feb 28, 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

I work on the US side of things. This is by far the most transparent company I’ve ever worked for. I still remember my first week when I told our CEO that ‘we may be too transparent’ because everyone knows everything good and bad. But after working here for quite some time now, I completely understand why we do it and why it makes us who we are now. Nothing is hidden and all employees are kept in the loop on all matters, big and small. You gotta wear many different hats, especially in this startup of a startup here in the US and that’s what makes it so much fun! You aren’t doing the same thing everyday, and everyone needs to contribute across all departments – marketing, product, sales, support, hr… Great culture, great people, great product – overall a fun place to grow and work!

Cons

- Time differences are always a concern. Someone is going to sacrifice their time either early in the morning or late at night. But we all do our best to accommodate each other so no one is getting the short end of the stick every time. - Benefits could be better. As the US team grows, I expect it to come on par with most US companies.

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