Collapsing, Rotten and Poisonous Place - Anonymous employee Viscira Employee Review

1.0
Sep 7, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Some people in the company are great, friendly and really skilled. It is such a pity that the company has no idea how to manage all that talent properly. Location is not bad and Off The Grid has a market nearby three days per week.

Cons

So many. It is sad to even think about it... Viscira is the worst place I have worked for. I have been in bad companies before, but this one is the worst one by far. It is a poisonous place and it is so depressing and mismanaged that those bad feelings will end up rooting in you personal life and sucking the happiness out of it. Leaving was the best decission I have ever made. Most managers have no idea how to do their job. They are managing other people just because they were in the right place at the right moment, but they feel that their position makes them more talented or have more knowledge than anybody on their team. When something goes wrong, it is always other people's fault, because managers are perfect, of course. If you work at Viscira, prepare yourself to work non-paid overtime, because that is the way they do every single project. The work load is excesive and the pipeline is retarded, but instead of changing it, they just expect you to have everything on time, perfect quality, and at the same time that you are working on two or three other projects and attending several useless meetings per day. Am! Don't expect to have a good salary either! They will pay you under the average for sure. In two years there I heard SO many lies... I'm not sure if they like to think employees are stupid, but they repeat the same lies over and over. I can't count the amount of times I heard about 401K matching... Also, to finish my review, I want to point out that those three five star reviews in a row, are done by high position people in the company wanting to increase the rating. They wrote some of the same lies that will tell you on your interview, same exact words!, and some of the ones they keep saying all the time. Just check the dates. All of the sudden, three wonderful reviews in three days... Don't let them lie to you.

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Pros

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Cons

Some might say the company is slow to bring on new staff when needed. Personally I would much rather be with a company that grows cautiously than the more common company that grows too quickly and then dies when work falls a bit, so I actually am glad to see this. Just expect a thorough interviewing process!

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