Flipp Reviews

Cons

- Company vision was foggy in the last bit, but now is alot clearer
- I'd like to see more senior managers brought in

Cons

Highly competitive, not a lot of room for growth

Cons

- MAybe this is a pro for some but what was a startup is now a bank. 9-5, no one cares about doing good work.
- Tons of redtape, HR department runs interference and you have to sign into a website for everything now like vacation and working from home. Feel like a factory.
- Founder are checked out and just show up to sell us slide decks
- Middle management are useless and most have quit
- Department go through mass layoffs. I used to think this was normal but I feel like we’re always firing people in engineering product and sales.
- No career development. Flipp is trash in the community and I can’t get interviews to leave

Cons

- My main issue was the 'always on' mentality. I was told directly by my manager that I wasn't checking my phone enough in the evenings.
- Not a lot of second chances or job stability. They are quick to fire people or place you on probation.

It depends on your role, but I needed to work weekend, holidays. At first I was OK with this since I felt I was well compensated, but the stressful and un-supportive work environment were what drove me out.

It feels like this used to be a good company, but I got here too late. The opportunities to move up quickly are no longer there. Whether or not it's even true, most people see this is a sinking ship and the 'great people' seem to be leaving.

Your experience at this company varies a lot based on what team you're on and who your manager is. I would not recommend the Media Science department.

Cons

Need to re-think company strategy and slow down shifting in priorities

Cons

Admittedly some setbacks lately, attrition ticked up, but a correction is well under way, potential is tangible, and future is very promising; Office is located in Etobicoke but it is on the subway line

Cons

Exec Leadership is in over their heads
Company pivots on a whim

Cons

No clear vision on how to more forward. Company makes drastic pivots at the slightest whim. Zero transparency. There whole three Hs thing is so weird, kooky and culty.

Cons

I'm just an individual contributor but:

- Management is very vague. None of the words coming out of them have much meaning. It's just buzzwords.
- The wrong people are getting recognized. As a result, most of our best performing employees are leaving/already left.
- High turnover at management level. Since a few months ago, a lot of strong individual contributors left.
- Senior management is not good, just terrible priorities and decision making across the business. One example, a large round of layoffs before the December holidays. Another example, so much talk about Flipp becoming the greatest ever but we are not delivering anything meaningful on the consumer side to get us there.
- The CEO (or C-level leadership) has made several decisions regarding priorities that lead to literally zero progress for Flipp as a company over the past 2 years.
- The entire company context switches to focus on an entirely new company direction every 6 months.
- Company morale is low. I feel no one cares at the individual contributor level here.
- The only reason to try your best here is for self improvement, you will get nothing else out of it.
- Flipp delayed giving their employees raises and instead promised to retroactively pay raises 6 months later. Major red flag.

Summary:
Flipp is a good place to be if you want to coast and collect a decent paycheck. The only condition is you stay friendly with management and become numb to the issues above.

Cons

- Office snacks have degraded over time
- Office is a bit dull compared to other startups, looks like a generic office workspace
- Location is meh, downtown Toronto or Waterloo could fair better
- You are locked to Goodlife when it comes to exercise benefits
- No transparent Education allowance
- Working remotely is not an optimal experience. Tooling for remote work is lagging. So many empty spaces everywhere, its may be time to adopt a desk sharing policy.