Great Brand and Mission but they don't live up to it - Manager Headspace Employee Review

2.0
5 June 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Smart, passionate and creative set of talent. Great benefits with every other Friday off.

Cons

Egos, zero strategy, high executive turnover (4-5 heads of marketing in two years) that leads to company wide turnover, burnout and chaos. No room for growth - I can't tell you how many folks have left because execs will hire new people instead of fostering within. This company keeps on dead weight legacy teams that prevent them from being better than their biggest competitor, Calm. They need to check themselves and follow their playbook and actually address users who are struggling with mental health and need to chill out. I hope this burned out spark can get reignited.

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Headspace Response
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Thank you so much for reaching out and sharing these views on whats working and whats not for you based on your current experience. There is an 'alignment triangle' that connects our Vision, our Northstar, our True North Goals, our Strategy + our Priorities/OKRs, and it seems that this may not be feeling as connected to you, your team and your work as it should be. - Please feel free to reach out to me directly to let me know how I or one of our People Business Partners can best support you, your team and your leader in gaining deeper connectivity and strategic alignment here. I'm proud to say that there is, has been and will continue to be opportunities for growth within the org: - An average of 10% of the new roles we opened in 2020 were filled thru Internal Mobility, this increased to 13% in Q1 of this year (this does not include # of promotions, lateral role changes - or increased roles & responsibilities). - I'd welcome any insights you can share with me directly (in confidence) where growth opportunities have been missed, overlooked and/or where we can again lean in to support reasonable and meaningful change here. Please feel free to reach out to me, Rick or our People Business Partners anytime if there's with any additional feedback you'd like to share. Here to help! SP Simon Perry Senior Director, People Operations + Places

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