I refrained from writing the review until now - Anonymous employee Finitiatives Learning India (FLIP) Employee Review

I worked in FLIP for more than three years. I did not like the company, at all. However, I never thought of writing a review. Because, good or bad, the company provided me employment that I needed. And, at some level, I felt gratitude. I was an average performer. I left the company but I kept following the company and its reviews on glassdoor. Whatever was being said about the company - was sufficient for any job seeker to evaluate. I did not need to add anything. And, despite reading all the reviews, if any desperate soul wanted to join the company, I would assume it was his/her need. In next 60 seconds, you will know why I am writing a review now. But first, I want to tell few things. 1. Why is this company still a startup after spending 8 years. Till now, it should have become a "business". Flipkart is just one year older than FLIP. Ola is 3 years younger. FLIP can barely sustain the salaries of 30 odd underpayed overworked employees. Re-read this point. 2. The founders are passionate about their company. They are gritty too. I respect that a lot. However, they are not visionary. They are not perceptive of market realities. Passion alone does not bring success. I do not believe FLIP can sustain in long run. Substantial portion of revenue comes out of FLIP National Challenge 3. FLIP indulges in misleading marketing communication such as -"We've won a global award for our e.learning quality" - FLIP came forth on Global Giveback Contest for something else, not for any of FLIP courses. FLIP courses, on the other hand, are mostly full of errors. -70% say: "It helped us in our job interviews" - It's 70% of one batch of one MBA college -"Get India's MOST POWERFUL BFS advantage on your CV" - Are you kidding me? This is funny to the core because there is absolutely no market value of FLIP certifications. Even the NCFM certifications are more valuable. Remember NCFM? the ones you can pass without preparing. -"Top Banks/NBFCs give weightage to FLIP certified candidates" - There should be a consumer court complaint raised for this one. Truth - Well, there is one MOU with few Banks/NBFCs stating so. However, if you ask any of the recruiting teams of any of these companies, they do not even know what FLIP is, forget about giving weightage. There are many such statements FLIP makes on regular basis. These points are made with clear intention of misleading the prospective buyers. I would love to see a public explanation/apology of these points from FLIP side. 4. The work culture sucks. Employees get ridiculed and shouted at, openly. Long hours. Office politics. Incompetent managers. Attrition is high. Salary cuts. Sudden change in notice period. To survive, you need to be "Yes Man". Zero innovation and yet labels itself a startup. 5. Career Growth - From my own experience, I can say that career growth exists if you want to pursue your career in creating Powerpoint slides. 6. Exit opportunities - Once you quit FLIP, you always get better opportunities. Any company is better than FLIP. I would not have written this review. But I had to -- because FLIP has now started writing fake reviews on Glassdoor, describing how awesome the company is and all the negative reviews are written by undeserving and furstated employees. It was OK for me if FLIP misguided buyers. It's only a loss of 5-6K. Now that, FLIP has started misguiding the job seekers and putting fake reviews, It is not OK for me. I can not watch you play with someone's career.