Stardom over substance - Anonymous employee WHOOP Employee Review

2.0
16 July 2024
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

There always seems to be something exciting around the corner

Cons

These days, WHOOP operates much like a rudderless ship. Celebrity-want-to-be-CEO Will is often nowhere to be seen because he is too busy gallivanting around the world cozying up to elite A-listers to run his company. He relishes in the fame and fortune rather than sitting down and getting the work done. It's comical because just a few weeks ago, he unilaterally decided the company would be returning to a 4 day a week in person policy; meanwhile, he barely even shows up himself. When he is here, he gets caught up in the minutiae of every project, failing to see the bigger picture of what is going on. His over reliance on his chief-of-staff and other support staff are an intractable crutch that get him through the day, and hide the fact that at this point he has no grand ideas for the future of his company. To top it off, he recently posted on his Twitter account praising a certain former president, rallying around a very politically sensitive issue which read as extremely tone deaf and divisive. I'm ashamed that he is the CEO of this company and ashamed to work for him.

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