Toxic Leadership, Not a Tech Company - Anonymous employee wefox Employee Review

wefox is an insurance sales company, not a technology company, although it likes to pretend otherwise. Tech & product exist solely to serve sales interests. There is no product vision or strategy and local sales teams are able to influence constant changes to the roadmap. Most of tech is vocally unhappy and product works like an agency servicing country teams led by sales folks. You as an employee cannot pick your own hardware, and your ability to have impact is limited because of the command-and-control leadership style of most managers. Customer experience is the last thing on anyone's mind, even though it's the first thing on any pitch deck. The leadership is pretty toxic: awful communicators that continually change strategy, constant chaos, people getting summarily fired after explicit promises there would be no layoffs, etc. Family members are sometimes hired over qualified employees, so nepotism is also an actual concern. A textbook example of a toxic work environment. The best and brightest are leaving in droves. The only thing that keeps most people staying is COVID-19 and the uncertainty of the job market. Not a place you want to go unless you're super eager to grow your resilience to toxic leaders.