Horrible Place to Work - Anonymous employee Vroom Employee Review

I’d like to start off by addressing all the painfully obvious fake reviews written on here by leadership and HR in the last week or so. If they put half as much effort into doing their jobs as they did into posting on Glassdoor, then Vroom might actually be a desirable place to work. Senior leadership and HR at Vroom is despicable and incredibly incompetent. They’ve built a culture of lies, deception, nepotism, and backstabbing which sits at the core of Vroom. Some of the fake reviews claim the company is “growing”. This translates into “we have open positions because so many people are leaving the company and we can’t hire for them because nobody wants to work here.” Another review states that it’s a dynamic workplace where things move fast. This might not be for everyone.” This translates into: Leadership has no vision or direction. Goals are constantly changing and you will be blindsided by the decisions made from the top down. CEO Paul Hennessy prides himself on cultivating an open culture where everyone can contribute ideas. This could not be further from the truth. Vroom leadership claims the company to be a “disruptive force in the automotive space”. Literally, nothing Vroom does is disruptive. Vroom is nothing more than a used car dealership with a crappy, out of date, poorly functioning website. No investment or priority is placed on product/engineering. Paul Hennessy claims the company is e-commerce. I’m not familiar with too many e-commerce companies that fed-ex paperwork to their customers and doesn’t allow you to perform any part of the transaction online. Go to yelp and read reviews for Vroom, it’s all there. This is how Vroom operates.... like it’s still the 1990’s. Vroom laid off the majority of their product team and all of engineering leadership earlier this year. This is NOT a company that is disruptive. It’s a company that is desperately trying NOT to go out of business. If you choose to work here, you will have no prospects for career growth or advancement opportunities.