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If you're in sales, JUST DON'T - Anonymous employee WayUp Employee Review

1.0
19 Feb 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The CTO is a pretty reasonable guy, probably not a bad place to work if you're on the tech side ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Cons

The first day you get hired as a sales rep at WayUp, that's one day closer you are to being out of a job. WayUp has fired and turned over soooo many sales leaders, individual contributors, and account managers that it's almost inconceivable. Go check out Linkedin and search for former WayUp employees; You'll be aghast at the almost infinite number of people who've left. However, if you spent a day working here, you wouldn't be. Thinking you'll be making steady commission to offset the puny base salary that you're too embarrassed to tell your family? Sorry, ain't happening. This product is just a nice to have- A hiring platform that caters to the worst tendencies and stereotypes of millennials (Look at my Instagram feed! Check out my Spotify playlist! I’m such a creative and unique human! Hire me!). HR buyers see little value in this hippie dippy ‘holistic' view of candidates, so sales are few and far between. No one makes any money as a sales person here. Don't let them try and tell you otherwise. _________________________________________________________________________________ I encourage anyone who's considering working at WayUp to do just two simple things: 1) Look at all the various team pictures you can find on the web. Glassdoor, Linkedin, WayUp's company page, etc. Go watch the employer branding video (to the dreadfully on the nose, 'Life in the Fast Lane'). Now, try and see if you can find more than 10 consistent faces b/t them. Spoiler alert, you can't. There is a constant revolving turnstile of talent at WayUp, with most employees quitting or getting fired within the first six months. Sales people, however, tend to turn over in around three months... 2) Look at the reviews here on Glassdoor. You'll find the typical HR propaganda ("Great place to work if you love a challenge! Start up culture moves fast and isn't for everyone!") that has, like, two 'likes'. Why two likes? Because it's completely fabricated trite. Now, take a look at the numerous negative reviews ("Walked out After Three Months", "Employees are Extremely Undervalued", "Wolf in Sheep's Clothing"). These reviews have 'likes' in the double digits (the Wolf in Sheep's Clothing is the most accurate depiction of life at WayUp, and has close to 30 'likes'). One person ("A Year Later") even claims to have PTSD from working at WayUp! Wow.... I mean, Yikes. People do not like working at WayUp. This is not my subjective opinion. This is a fact, and all you have to do is a little homework to prove it.

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Cons

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5.0
3 June 2017
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CEO approval
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Pros

- Company is focused on growth: not just its own metrics, but its employees'. I know a few people who took classes which WayUp paid for; and everyone loves the Lunch and Learns and the weekly all hands (where people show/teach each other what we're working on) etc.... - Everyone here keeps saying this, but again, the people are the best; the smartest employee group I've ever encountered - CEO is inspiring and so smart, and self-aware of what she does and doesnt know (she's young but seems to have lots of mentorship); she works way too much though so hopefully the VPs they're hiring will take things off her plate - Mission is great - I've never felt micromanaged in my job. I think the only people who get micromanaged are the people who aren't right for their job, and they tend to not be around long - Company moves so fast

Cons

- Liz and JJ are currently hiring their Senior Management team, which we all are excited for. Based on the first hire of the three, I'm optimistic about the other two. But in the meantime, the company has gotten to where it is today through mid-level leaders who were learning on the job. This has been a growing pain for everyone at the company, which I think everyone is excited to get past - There were a lot of really bad hiring mistakes made in 2016 that resulted in some not-great people joining (most of them are now gone) and seemingly leaving bad glassdoor reviews lol

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