Pros
Great mission, environmentally conscious, fun branding.
Cons
- Having a team of young, eager people sounds great but comes at the cost of backbone and experience. It’s just a way to exploit people’s inexperience so nobody will challenge anything. Those who do get ousted or leave within a few months. - Favouritism and hiring of friends meant there was an inner circle, so newcomers with no “in” were at a disadvantage - Bullying and micromanagement from the Founder (then CEO) despite her not having any background or experience in most areas of the business, refusal to respect expertise of people hired to do those jobs - Unrealistic goals like launching multiple services/products in just a few months, with no input from and no regard for the people who’ll need to manage double or triple workload to deliver - HR information such as pay and disputes were shared with the whole company under the guise of “an open culture” or “transparency”. - Performance management was a sham - Founder-CEO doled out vague criticisms with no examples but was unable or unwilling to give actionable feedback of specific desired behaviours or outcomes. Lack of people management experience and general professional experience was evident. Hopefully this has changed with new management. - White feminism central. Racial diversity was poor, and little to no addressing of cisnormativity/gender binary in the product’s messaging, and questions about inclusive language were fobbed off.