Run away from this company - Customer Success Associate HqO Employee Review

1.0
11 May 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Competitive salary range initially. Nothing else,

Cons

Restructuring to cut costs - Four redundancies within less than two years. Poor management, with a US-centric focus, neglecting EMEA Lack of emphasis on professional development for employees Increased pressure on existing employees to do more with fewer resources. The ongoing restructuring process created a toxic work environment characterised by uncertainty, fear, and mistrust among employees.

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HqO Response
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Thanks for the feedback here. Particularly around US-centricity in terms of our management, we are working at getting better here and have made some changes that hopefully will address these growing pains. Re: four redundancies in less than two years. This is false. We've done two in the whole history of the company. Often times people don't like hearing that we do performance cuts consistently and for those reading this you should be aware that we are working really hard to develop a performance based culture. Re: professional development - this is also good feedback. As a company that went from <$3M in revenue at start of 2020 to $30M+ in 4 years, things have moved fast and changed a lot. We've tried different aspects of professional development and what we've learned about our culture is that we're a good fit for people who are self-starters and infinite learners that need resources and freedom to grow. In terms of very structured programs for development, we're not in a position to deliver this to people right now and I'm not sure that style will necessarily be a fit for us later but growth and development is something I'm personally quite passionate about and am always open to direct feedback on. Re: increased pressure to do more with fewer resources. Yep, this is true. Welcome to knoweldge work in 2024! Thanks for the work you put in and best of luck on what's next. Chase, co-founder + CEO

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