WayUp Reviews

You could not ask for worse leadership than WayUp. It is hard to find words to describe the CEO that don't sound disgruntled or defamatory, so I would just suggest you read her own words given to Forbes about how this CEO thinks everyone working for her is incompetent: search "How A 25-Year-Old CEO Leads A Workplace Full Of 20-Somethings". It seems common of this startup and others to have leadership that are simply overconfident kids with the financial wiggle room to start companies and almost no people skills, bulldozering over people's feelings and delivering alternative facts and stats to clients and the public. I can think of no two public figures more alike than Liz and Donald J Trump. They have a STARTLING knack for propaganda, which you can see in comment reply elsewhere on this page. VCs who are advising this company, is this what you teach? It is unfortunate that more don't speak out on Glassdoor and the ratings look so high thanks to obvious comments from the exec board (sadly, the one that said 'sounds like the people complaining here knew they would be getting fired' and that the turnover 'was actually on par for a startup' seems to have been deleted ) and those from campus reps, who are college students/contractors with little to do with the company. To whoever wrote the interview experience that explained very politely and thoughtfully about how you were bullied by the CEO, know that active employees applauded you when they read it. Uber and Thinx have had recent stories published outing their seemingly great CEOs and this I hope is next in line. To the press outlets that keep covering advice from WayUp's leadership, I'd suggest you instead find some of those departed people and offer them a book deal for their experiences.

The first day you get hired as a sales rep at WayUp, that's one day closer you are to being out of a job. WayUp has fired and turned over soooo many sales leaders, individual contributors, and account managers that it's almost inconceivable. Go check out Linkedin and search for former WayUp employees; You'll be aghast at the almost infinite number of people who've left. However, if you spent a day working here, you wouldn't be. Thinking you'll be making steady commission to offset the puny base salary that you're too embarrassed to tell your family? Sorry, ain't happening. This product is just a nice to have- A hiring platform that caters to the worst tendencies and stereotypes of millennials (Look at my Instagram feed! Check out my Spotify playlist! I’m such a creative and unique human! Hire me!). HR buyers see little value in this hippie dippy ‘holistic' view of candidates, so sales are few and far between. No one makes any money as a sales person here. Don't let them try and tell you otherwise. _________________________________________________________________________________ I encourage anyone who's considering working at WayUp to do just two simple things: 1) Look at all the various team pictures you can find on the web. Glassdoor, Linkedin, WayUp's company page, etc. Go watch the employer branding video (to the dreadfully on the nose, 'Life in the Fast Lane'). Now, try and see if you can find more than 10 consistent faces b/t them. Spoiler alert, you can't. There is a constant revolving turnstile of talent at WayUp, with most employees quitting or getting fired within the first six months. Sales people, however, tend to turn over in around three months... 2) Look at the reviews here on Glassdoor. You'll find the typical HR propaganda ("Great place to work if you love a challenge! Start up culture moves fast and isn't for everyone!") that has, like, two 'likes'. Why two likes? Because it's completely fabricated trite. Now, take a look at the numerous negative reviews ("Walked out After Three Months", "Employees are Extremely Undervalued", "Wolf in Sheep's Clothing"). These reviews have 'likes' in the double digits (the Wolf in Sheep's Clothing is the most accurate depiction of life at WayUp, and has close to 30 'likes'). One person ("A Year Later") even claims to have PTSD from working at WayUp! Wow.... I mean, Yikes. People do not like working at WayUp. This is not my subjective opinion. This is a fact, and all you have to do is a little homework to prove it.