DO NOT WORK HERE - RED FLAGS EVERYWHERE - Business Development FITANGO Employee Review

1.0
24 Aug 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

* High Salary * Great co-workers

Cons

* It's sad that I have to waste my time posting this, but I truly do not want anybody to endure this * CEO obviously has a bias to hire people who are Jewish or look Jewish, particularly young women - red flag * He preys on young women that he thinks he can get away with venting to and taking out his anger on * Unfortunately he chose the wrong person and fired me immediately after I put my foot down and told him he can't treat me like that - this explains why he has "fired" so many people * If you look on LinkedIn it will appear that many people work for this company, however there are only 3 or 4 people that work here. This is because the CEO spends more time hiring and firing than he does on addressing his people issues and organizational issues. All these individuals have been victims of this man's abuse. * It is obvious that the CEO has put up fake reviews (one or more) of this company to keep the reviews high so that it will be easy for him to hire as frequently as he fires * CEO will put you on a peda-stool and tear you down as soon as he feels emotional * CEO will not give you written warning or 2 weeks notice before firing you * CEO has no care for your well being and expects you to make him revenue immediately * CEO wanted to meet with me for an hour daily - wasted most of this time venting. This got in the way of my production. * If you schedule a call for the CEO he will ruin it by chatting about himself the entire time, without even presenting the material you just spent 4 hours preparing. * CEO will self-sabotauge again and again and again * Organization is incredibly disorganized (to a level where there are legal matters to be considered and cautious about). CEO does not want to take a look at the organizational flaws that prevent his company from making revenue. He hires you to give him feedback but refuses to take it - leaving his business continuously stagnant. * Company appears to be self-funded (there is also an external "investor") - appears more like a costly hobby than an actual business. * CEO has no control over his emotions and will take a bad day out on you. He will deny this and put on a front that he is actually a nice, well put together guy * CEO will try to build you up by talking badly about other employees behind their backs * CEO will not train you but expect you to know everything, even though he knows from your resume that you do not know any of this * Working here will be bad for your reputation, because it will get you and your clients nowhere - CEO will promise clients things he can't actually provide * CEO insists on hiring cheap international staff that wont' complete the job - then expects you to sell this as a product to clients * You are worth more than any price take this man pays you * AVOID WORKING HERE AT ALL COSTS

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5.0
24 Apr 2020
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Pros

* Fitango has upgraded the team. The team is dedicated and capable. * Your feedback and opinion matters and is respected * You are autonomy if you prove you deserve it

Cons

Fitango is opportunistic at the moment and I'd like to seem them lockdown on a product strategy for the long-term but as a startup that should come over time.

1.0
16 Mar 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Uh... well, I worked there for a while and I did not die. I guess that's a pro, right? Am I at 20 words yet?

Cons

Wow, where to start? The project is essentially a vanity play of the CEO who got very lucky in an exit during the height of the dotcom boom in the early 00s. He has literally no idea what he is doing, how a startup works, or what he wants the product to be. Basically, the team is made up of people who can't find jobs in other places, so management (that is, the CEO) thinks that they can pay very little (which they do). Zero benefits of any kind. Zero paid time off. Will constantly dangle "equity" carrot in front of employees, but never actually execute. I've seen management set up impossible tasks for employees, simply as an excuse to fire them when they fail. Management has no idea what it wants the product to be, so they never decide on anything. Meetings lead to meetings lea to meetings, and then the CEO gets this GREAT idea and scraps everything and suddenly two weeks' worth of work is down the drain. Then, you'll end up working a ton of hours with no light at the end of the tunnel, because the milestone gets thrown out. Management consists of the CEO's friends from Israel who have no idea what they are doing. Exploitative use of unpaid interns is rampant, as is misclassification of employees as contractors. Did I mention that management is extremely cheap? Literally zero chance of career development or advancement.

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