A waste of time and energies - Anonymous employee Ocean.io Employee Review

1.0
20 Feb 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Office location in Cph Colleagues

Cons

No clear vision from the management No shared goals within and across departments No long-term strategy No pension scheme and no compensation for the lack of it Micromanagement Lack of respect for employees

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Ocean.io Response
1y
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We're sorry to hear that your experience at Ocean didn't meet expectations. While we don’t agree with all points raised, we understand how a lack of clarity and alignment can create frustration. Over the past 1.5 years, we’ve made important changes to improve communication, define clearer goals across departments, and strengthen leadership practices. We're also working toward offering more competitive and sustainable benefits to better support our team. We appreciate your contributions during your time here and wish you all the best in your next chapter.

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Ocean.io is an excellent company with a genuinely differentiated product, a thoughtful team, and a clear understanding of the problems they're solving for customers. In a market full of vendors making similar claims, they've built something that stands out through both innovation and execution.

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None come to mind right now. As with any software business, the environment is performance-oriented and the pace can be demanding at times. Expectations are high, and success requires adaptability, ownership, and a willingness to operate in a competitive market. That said, I found the challenges to be a natural part of working with a growing SaaS company rather than anything unique to Ocean.io specifically.

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Cons

People here work like robots, only following orders and every whim of management! Doing something out of your own discernment will get you in trouble! You will get yelled at if you have a mind of your own and did something without management's permission!

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Ocean.io Response
3w
Thank you for sharing this. We take every review seriously, and we always want to listen when someone feels let down. We do want to be candid, though. We're a small team with close, direct relationships across everyone here, and the experience described in this review is genuinely hard for us to recognize. Giving people room to use their own judgment - particularly when it comes to looking after our clients - is core to how we work. We're not claiming everything is perfect, but the kind of environment described here is exactly what our culture is built to catch and fix, and it isn't something we've seen play out this way. To be direct: people at Ocean don't yell at each other. If this was a real experience at Ocean, I'd very much welcome the chance to hear it firsthand and make things right. My door is always open - you're welcome to connect with me on LinkedIn and reach out to me directly anytime. Warm regards, Philipp People & Culture, Ocean
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