Don’t fall in this trap! - Anonymous employee Vapotherm Employee Review

Don’t let the cute furniture and decoration fool you. They market the company to new employees as if it was a modern and forward company. They say it’s fast-paced, but it’s a very tense work place. Different departments are constantly pointing fingers at other departments when something doesn’t go right. The requirements they hold employees accountable to are unattainable with the little support and training given. There is no work/life balance, and management loves to brag about working on the weekends and even during vacation, as if that was a badge of honor. They spend more money on making the place look beautiful to impress visitors and investors, to the point of paying sub-contractors to come and water their plants, instead of pouring resources into hiring more employees. Management quickly becomes agitated if there is a minimal glitch and start pointing fingers. I worked there, and when I resigned in good terms, no one in upper management, not even the ones I worked closely with, said goodbye. There’s a lot of arrogance. I would not trust the good reviews here. They are constantly pushing employees to fill out the yearly survey of “Best Companies to Work For in NH”. The turnover is huge. They can’t even keep a receptionist there for long. The workload is unmanageable, and no ideas/suggestions given are taken into consideration. I never worked in a place where managers are always so stressed out and tense. There’s no leadership, only micromanaging. It’s their way only! Employees HAVE to spend 4 hours on a determined day each week coming up with a process improvement idea while the President does his rounds questioning each individual on what their project that week is. The new process improvement idea then needs to be implement during the week, and each week you need to come up with a different project. It takes time away from employees being able to do their most important and critical tasks. Regular weekly meetings alone are 10+ hours at minimum. There is no appreciation shown, and HR is not clear at explaining about the benefits when you’re first hired. Insurance is just ok. 401K is capped at $500.