Flipp Reviews

Pros

- Flipp is a company that absolutely stays true to who it is. The founders and execs have built a culture that is lasting and they invest in their people and teams. - Flipp really is the type of company that will make room for you to grow if you showcase your value. If you raise your hand and show that you're willing to work hard, Flipp will make space for you to do your thing. I have always had my coaches be... receptive to my interests and career aspirations and have also had them ask me how they can help get me to where I want to go.

Cons

- Like any startup, Flipp has gone through growing pains. There have been company pivots in strategy and vision and there have been times where changes in company strategy have affected the company in challenging ways. The ability to pivot and be agile is important here and I can see how the pace can be a challenge.

Advice to Management

Continue to bring in experienced outside leadership (already making strides in this area) who can help shape the overall vision for Flipp. Additionally, continue to invest in more junior level employees who are looking to grow their careers into the management level.

Pros

Nice office and nice views.

Cons

Not killing it. Might be able to do better.

Advice to Management

Be ready for change.

Pros

CEO rules with an iron fist. People that don't understand should leave, I've learned so much from him and I can't thank him enough for his tutelage. When people confront you, just bury them in work until their complaint is no longer relevant. When you confront others and they ask you to justify it, just let them know that they don't understand, belittle them until they no longer have the will to contradict you.... Brilliant! The Leadership team in general has taught me that the best way to grow is to continue to do something until you fail miserably at it. Then where most people would be forced to leave, switch to another department and scapegoat your situation on the fact that you were doing more than you should have been. Brilliant! When things are falling apart all around you, pick a person in leadership that hasn't been there from the start and let them go. The ripples will be felt for months and people won't know what to do. It buys you time to contemplate your next move. Brilliant! If you're just an IC, you can expect that you're going to learn new lessons each and every week. The phone they gave me, an iPhone XS, doesn't stop ringing and is flush full of emails each and every night. I wake up to close to 300 emails every morning that require attention. I can take my work home with me while also feeling like my colleagues are always close by. I've never felt so loved. Brilliant! If you're in sales, you get tested on your knowledge of your customers to make sure you stay sharp. Do you know how much your customer spent yesterday, last week, last month, last year - well after a couple sessions you'll know it just as easily as you do the 35th digit of pi, it's 8 btw - go ahead and look it up, I'm prepared and ready to be tested. Brilliant! Want opportunity to advance? Well leaders are leaving each and every week so it opens up new opportunities. Want to be a director, but don't want to wait years to prove your mettle, just learn enough about the infrastructure, speak up in a few meetings, and then a few months later - a spot will be open because the director will have left - they were weak anyway. Bam - manager in 8 months, director in 2 years. Brilliant!

Cons

How could a place like this have any cons? It's been an amazing journey, I just hope that I can survive to see the next phase of brilliance.

Advice to Management

Keep on doing what you're doing. As you've said, we must be relentless with your vision and we can't let things like facts slow us down.

Pros

Benefits, bonus structure, work from home, 6 weeks paid vacation.

Cons

We shift focus A LOT. Everyone seems to be running on empty. No wonder we are not as engaged as we could be.

Pros

Good perks Some good people Convenient location

Cons

Disorganized Strategy seems to change all the time Product/features change all the time, confuses clients and team members Tons of required meetings that don't offer enough value for the time taken BD team is not supportive, lack of training, overall a "better than you" attitude exhibited by some members

Pros

Growth Mindset - Always growing, learning and challenging (work and personally); Hardworking - Everyone is working hard with you (i.e. peak periods like Black Friday, teams support each other.. even if they are not on the team). Humble - You always have the few that aren't but I would say 95% of people I work with are very humble. When you compliment them, they shy away and prefer to compliment others. Results... Oriented (personally & business) - We have business objectives & personal growth targets. Fast-Paced and ever changing - you will never get board Lack of Politics - Top Down & Bottom up Feedback encouraged - managers to report, report to manager, report to director, senior leadership, all is welcome and encouraged. I can be my direct (and respectful) self and give honest feedback.

Cons

Easy to get overwhelmed - There will always be more to do - my biggest learning is working on prioritization. It is hard to do because this is A LOT you can do, but we are encouraged and supported in looking for ways to prioritize Growing Pains - there are opportunities to streamline, simplify. That would make it easier to drive efficiencies and balance.

Advice to Management

Continue to bring a breath of knowledge across industries - it helps drive growth and different perspectives. There are some instances where legacy Flipp opinions are very apparent - sometimes good, other times potentially inhibiting. Continue to drive process, consistency and structure, as we continue to grow, that continues to be more important to grow more consistently.

Pros

Flipp is a great place for people who are really focused on team work and who want to build authentic relationships and solve massive problems. We all work very hard and I've been so impressed with the calibre of people around me every day. We work really hard to hold our standards high so we do have a work hard play hard culture. We've grown through the years and we're not a young startup anymore - that comes... with pros and cons. We used to be able to just do whatever with no regard for consequences, but now we put proper thought in place to make sure that we understand the impacts to our customers and our teams. It's been a growing experience for us and we're all in it together. The culture and our ways of working is what makes Flipp special. We really do work hard to make sure we live out our cultural values. A good culture should be polarizing and people who love it, should love it alot, while those that don't, won't. People who call Flipp home love our culture of growing and serving others while pushing each other for high standards and performance. It's a paradoxical culture of having people who are hungry, and highly intelligent but have the humility to take feedback and improve.

Cons

There are lots of places to improve at Flipp like any organization. We could improve the way we look at our benefits like Goodlife, or the way that we do performance evaluations as there aren't any perfect ways to do that yet but we're looking to make it better.

Advice to Management

Keep being humble, and keep driving improvements. We can only get better if we stay humble constantly.

Pros

- Management cares about the people who work here and has built an open and transparent culture. The new leaders we've hired also seem consistent with the culture that we have. - The business is healthy and the product has come along way but still has much more to improve but that's what I'm excited about. - In most roles, there is a lot of opportunity for ownership - the new mission based teams that we... rolled out were rocky to start but I think we're getting the hang of it.

Cons

We've done alot of rework on our technology to make it faster to move, but there is much more to be done.

Advice to Management

I'd encourage management to make sure we continue to invest in things that will make it faster for us to dev.