I loved working at Stroll - Anonymous employee Stroll Employee Review

4.0
Nov 24, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Stroll is a great place to work and here's why: you get amazing experience that you would never get at many other companies. They truly invest in their employees development and have them work on projects outside of their normal business area. You literally would get an 'education budget' to go to conferences, networking events, take classes, read books... I was given the opportunity to do a lot of cool things and I really attest that to my passion to be great at my profession, and managements response to that hard work. I was given opportunities that I will cherish and has allowed me to gain experience I wouldn't have had this early in my career if I was at any other company. I was always treated fairly, paid fairly, and given opportunities that I deserved (and sometimes ones which I didn't, but they believed in me and my abilities and gave me a chance). I loved the community at the company too. The employees are great to each other and I developed a lot of great friendships by being there. The culture I think is a testament to that - they want bright, motivated, passionate people - it was great to be surrounded by people like that.

Cons

Stroll had such great growth over the last few years and like any high growth organization, they experienced "growing pains". It wasn't perfect but when you really think about it, no employer is. I do wish that management spent a little more time talking to the people on the front lines. The employees are driven and smart. A lot of times there would be small fires that they wouldn't prioritize to take care of and those small fires would grow into large fires and take up too much of everyones time. Being more operationally proactive is hard in a growing organization but its necessary. You have to prioritize growth just as much as operational excellence.

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5.0
Jul 3, 2014
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Pros

Best reason to work at Stroll is to develop strong strategic and analytical skills to complement functional and industry knowledge and expertise. The culture is strongly Values driven. Core values are 1) Strategy Mindedness, 2) Ownership Thinking, 3) Mental Toughness, 4) Being the Best (in your craft), and 5) Results. Company is in the midst of dramatic change from a single product startup to a multi-product multi-business company that is still nimble but has more structure without losing its entrepreneurial spirit. Really exciting place if you are the kind of person that thrives in a dynamic, entrepreneurial, high growth environment.

Cons

The major downside is the number of issues that affect a company in the midst of high growth and change. There is a lot of ambiguity and uncertainty on an ongoing basis; as the business evolves, roles and responsibilities may evolve and change; the pace of work is intense - tight deadlines, commitment to outcomes, rapid-response in adverse situations. If you don't love what you do, and are not adept at being effective picking the right things to do (as opposed to trying to do everything, or what's most convenient, or easiest, or whatever), this place will not suit you.

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