Mass hire - Mass fire - Account Executive LandTech Employee Review

1.0
4 Jan 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Team are lovely. Enjoyable team get-togethers Perks Base pay Remote first - always an emphasis for the new business team to be in the office.

Cons

2 mangers left 3 weeks apart within the same month. Little room for progression. Have hired senior members of staff including VP of Sales, promoted current sales director to manager. Very little structure in place, just told to hit KPIS and targets. Little support, partly due to management style and a few other seniors leaving a couple of months apart. Mass fire due to funding, the reality of the market unraveled itself. Market and team oversaturated. Competitors are far cheaper, have entered into the US market so an added level of pressure coming from investors and "C Level" which was often the opening/threatening line. Probation - was initially 3 months which was extended by another 3 months (was told that 6 month was the new standard, coupled with not hitting target" 6 months went by, was then extended by a further 3 months only to be told that they will be terminating my employment, was logged out within 15 mins of the call and was sent an email confirming a courier had been booked to collect the equipment. Diversity is just for appearance.

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LandTech Response
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Thank you for taking the time to post your feedback and share your experience with us. We’re pleased that you have found the LandTech culture, socials, remuneration and our Hybrid working model all positive elements of your time here. We did indeed need to make a small number of redundancies in 2022 in order to optimise our business model; although of course regrettable, these impacted a limited number of roles and we were able to redeploy a number of individuals into new roles. We are sorry to hear about your experience following your probationary period; we understand it is a difficult outcome. We are currently putting more infrastructure into onboarding, training and clarity of targets and expectations through 2023’s commercial compensation plans, and are continuing to do this in all other elements throughout 2023. We take your feedback seriously and will ensure it is taken onboard. . We wish we had all the answers. For us, diversity is not about gimmicks or tokenism that we see banded superficially in some establishments. It is the richness in ideas, experiences, walks of lives, possibilities, opportunities and shared goals. We are a community of 150 individuals, within the dynamics of 18 spoken languages 33% ethical demographics, 3 continents, 4 time zones, and abundance in walks of life; coming together in 4 company away days and weekly cross-functional teams to share ideas, solve complex problems, produce meaningful outputs and create a better world in our industry. We encourage, advocate and champion those who operate with integrity, care and diligence, and those with the commitment and fortitude to overcome and grow through the necessary vicissitudes of our scale-up journey. When it comes to our selections for hiring, promotion and recognition, we have regard for two attributes only: merit and accolade of character! For us, merit is about proficiency in skills, problem solving in mindset, and the respect and kindness to others even in differences, irrespective of any demographic, background or identity. When these postings are made in this forum and not discussed in a two-way conversation directly through our ‘Open’ value, is it difficult to gain a deeper context to anything someone may have experienced that does not aligned to our Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Principles, or where they believe that we make improvements to further harness a dynamic and inclusive environment within LT. Therefore, we genuinely invite you to connect with us directly so that we can gain your insights and viewpoints of any improvements we might be able to make in this area. We want to thank you for having been a part of us and wish you well for the future. Kind regards People Operations

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