Leadership: You’ve Got 99 Problems but Lack of Ego Ain’t One - Anonymous employee MogoSME Employee Review

2.0
27 Sept 2019
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The people - hands down some of the best people I've ever worked with and a fun environment when people are actually in office (WFH 2+ days a week is standard). My manager and many of the middle managers - many of them truly care about your professional growth and do as much as humanly possibly to keep you happy and fulfilled. Dog friendly office - they really do bring a lot of joy to the office!

Cons

This company is going through a growth phase and that's tough on employees when it's not handled properly. There were many a high hopes with new leadership but sadly I think that what has been discussed and promised versus what has thus far been delivered, from both an employee satisfaction and vision standpoint, is greatly lacking. Leadership talks a big talk about how "change is coming" with no real concrete plans and timelines to actually move things forward - and the plans they have put in place have been an absolute disaster; people's teams and managers were shifted literally overnight with absolutely no input from employees or check-ins thereafter. And while the bottom line is always the true main driver to any business, I don't think they understand, or at least certainly have not shown, that they value employees enough to make the very high turnover the absolute focus, which would inherently improve client retention - along with the shifting of teams, employees are overworked, they're not compensated nearly as competitively as they should be by Bay Area standards, trying to get a well-deserved promotion/raise is like pulling teeth, and with the high turnover there's no contingency plan in place so when someone leaves you're expected to pick up the slack with no upside - and with four people leaving in the past 45 days or so alone, that's a HUGE ask. Let me tell you that there is an absolute air of apathy and management saying "We really do appreciate you, I promise! Here's a gift card to show it!" is a sad attempt at alleviating this issue and becoming a people-first organization. If you have a business that no one wants to work at, or at least not for long, then sadly you really have no sustainable business at all.

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MogoSME Response
6y
We are disappointed to read these comments, but thank you for recognizing the efforts put in place this year to provide career growth and upward mobility to all our employees. The team here at Mogo IS wonderful and talented, and we are so proud of each of them and the work that they do every day. It is true that our hiring has not been fast enough, and to say that we are dissatisfied about it would be an understatement. We are working hard to change that and to deliver on the promises we have made to our employees.

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