All sizzle, no substance; terrible treatment of staff - Anonymous employee LeapFrog Employee Review

1.0
14 Oct 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

-Leader in the impact investing space -One of the top commercially oriented impact funds -Great growth trajectory -Raised a substantial second fund -Relevant specialist sector expertise

Cons

CEO and partners are all talk, no substance. They treat employees terribly, don't create career/growth paths internally, and have created a toxic and painful work environment. CEO in particular is bad news - unethical, thinks he is God's gift to the world, obsessed with PR, and a bad human being. No loyalty or respect for the team. People are expendable. Facts don't really matter when there's the opportunity to get some news coverage. He will blatantly lie and manipulate. Not an enabling environment for growth or professional development in any way. They will lie to you when they hire you and tell you that you're going to get great opportunity and exposure, but once you're in, they'll treat you like dirt. Junior staff are expected to be at the beck and call of the partners, with no upside. Lots of turnover at the mid-level, so mentors for junior staff are often partners who are incredibly inaccessible.

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Pros

- A unique opportunity to work with a high caliber, positive and dynamic team from across the globe. You'll meet incredible people that you'll learn from and who will enrich both your work and life - Opportunity to travel and learn from diverse investee firms in emerging markets - Small functional teams mean wide exposure to relevant disciplines and thus greater learning potential

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- Opportunity to further enhance firm culture as the company grows, and to get the right infrastructure in place to ensure teams are resourced and empowered to succeed - Opportunity to provide additional mentoring and pathways to facilitate career progression

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5.0
22 Oct 2017
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Pros

LeapFrog unites thinkers of tomorrow, those who embrace new progressive ideas of doing good and those who don't live for the sake of greed only. You would meet folks from all walks of life, very diverse, very friendly and down-to-earth people you would call friends at the end of the day. The level of thinking is top-notch and you will see that your humanistic aspirations go up as well, as a result of such new-wave environment. One gets to enjoy global retreats, work-life flexibility, office lunch, and top people - here I mean not necessarily in terms of formal education (which might easily be a mere piece of paper) but rather in terms of their true quality that shows in world-changing ideas and inspiring conversations.

Cons

As the firm is relatively young, even though it might produce top-quartile PE performance, it does not pay near the top quartile comp (which means the promise of top-quartile returns is not in line with the logical conclusion that it would translate in top-quartile benefits); pension is not even worth mentioning. That is the primary reason why it's difficult to attract top talent and difficult to keep younger people.

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