Almost ruined my whole career - Senior Product Manager Sero Employee Review

2.0
Mar 22, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Tried to execute the right culture.

Cons

This is 2 years on as it caused me a lot of pain and upset moving on was the hardest thing I ever had to do. - Management did not know what they wanted, expectations of staff they hired at the time. - Culture with good intentions ended up being not so great - there was a culture of staff needing to be positive all the time however I was constantly met with HR issues from multiple teams. I ended up having to escalate to the right manager to help employees. - Was not supported from when I joined, no reviews, no goals given, no framework to work to, no expectation setting. - Felt ignored and experience not taken seriously. - CEO was not clear in vision

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Sero Response
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Thank you for taking the time to give us this feedback. Whilst it is of course painful for us to read your views on your time with Sero it is only by receiving and acting upon feedback (good and bad) that we can learn and grow as an employer. We have come a long way in the last two years defining the processes and procedures we need to be a success, but I'm sorry you felt you didn't get the support you needed.

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