Good to grow fast and learn, but bad place to stay long term - Anonymous employee Busuu Employee Review

2.0
23 July 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Lots of ownership, lots of autonomy, really nice people working in each team

Cons

Confused leadership which changes track every quarter to hit targets, No future vision for the company, Calls itself a start up which has been running over 10 years. Thats not really correct, it's more a failed product that can't beat Duo or Babbel and in the future will be swallowed up by new products entering the market. Lots of autonomy but a lack of trust.

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Busuu Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share your experience at Busuu. We appreciate your feedback on the team and ownership. These aspects are both very important to us, as we value our team and also the experience and their professional growth in Busuu. Busuu has been Scale-up and in a hyper-growth mode, which comes with interesting challenges to solve. We are very happy to say that we have a strong leadership team in place now, with a clear direction of growth and development. Experimenting and testing new ideas is a part of the exciting journey of Scale-up and Agile working and we believe that this is the best way to learn and grow. Our salaries are being reviewed constantly by our HR and Leadership team, we also work with external consultants to create a fair benchmark for our employees. We also offer benefits such as training budget, team events, private health insurance, sabbaticals, and many others to make sure that our employees are rewarded and feel valued. Thank you for sharing your feedback with us if you would like to provide further feedback, please, don't hesitate to reach out to us directly

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