Simply Meh - Anonymous employee Sedna Employee Review

2.0
Oct 17, 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

-SEDNA is a good place to grow and learn in a challenging environment (email) and up-skill on your professional skills to set you up for success at your next role. -Some really great people scattered throughout the business that are a great pleasure to work with and challenged others to work better and question the status quo.

Cons

-The Engineering team is constantly seen as the issue when something goes wrong in product ,when they are simply building what the product team tells them to, lack of ownership from them when something they ‘designed and researched’ doesn’t get the praises they want from customers. -There is a lack of leadership from the top down with consistent finger pointing from one to the other. Rather than accepting fault leadership often finds someone else to blame for why something turned out the way that it did. -HR is inexperienced and unhelpful. Often when raising an issue to them they simply say ‘work through it’ and provide no support or ideas on how to ‘work through it’. Quite awkward having an HR team that runs away from conflict and does not offer any help. -Junior people with very few years of experience or none are in positions that should have people with knowledge and experience in the role they’re doing, this is across the business in every department. This makes it difficult to reason with these people as there’s quite a bit of ‘I know best’ attitude. -There is no set pay structure for roles and HR is not the best when it comes to giving banding for roles so there’s some extremely inflated salaries for some in the business while others are extremely underpaid for the work they’re doing. -The CEO is forcing people back into the office after having spent a fortune on it. Moved to a ‘remote first’ model and quickly changed back to requiring those within 90 minutes of the office in London to be coming in which is in gross contrast to what was said months ago that the company will not force people to come into the office. Most of us on are on salaries that cannot absorb the commute cost during the cost of living crisis and intense inflation seen.

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Sedna Response
3y
We appreciate you taking time to provide feedback on your time at SEDNA. There are some key points of reflection for us in your review. We operate in a fast-paced environment, and as a company strive to continuously learn and improve our processes. We always aim to be people focused and open to feedback, so we are sorry to hear you were sometimes dissatisfied. Do reach out if you have any other questions or concerns.

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Cons

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Pros

Some really good people work here and the CEO is a nice guy. Remote work and flexibility.

Cons

Sedna preaches culture and the importance of it. This company chocolate coats it's true self but once you bite into that's when the disappointment sets in. They are what I would consider chocolate covered brussels sprouts. Sweet looking but at heart composed of smelly cabbage. Sales organization lacks direction and good leadership. Micro management and toxic sales environment. Very little room for career development and growth.

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Sedna Response
4y
Hello, thanks for taking the time to provide some feedback. We are glad you found the remote work and flexibility beneficial. Regarding people and leadership, we are working hard to foster a positive workplace as the company grows quickly in every department, and we are sorry that you were left disappointed. We are in the process of gauging employee experiences here, to continue creating a welcoming environment with room for personal growth. If you have any other ideas or suggestions, please drop us a line at people@sedna.com.
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