Going downhill fast - Software Developer iHerb Employee Review

2.0
21 Apr 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Free wi-fi - Snacks - Elevator

Cons

I should’ve listened to the negative reviews before joining since they’re all accurate. Culture and morale are terrible and people are trying to flee like rats from a sinking ship. Leadership is purely autocratic and push their agenda down your throat with zero regard for timelines or quality of work. The “town hall” the engineering team had recently was a joke and all relevant questions were blatantly deflected. Wake up and smell the coffee, folks! This place is a dead end and look elsewhere for a promising career. If you’re a talented developer, stay away and find a better gig.

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iHerb Response
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Your feedback, while direct and tough to receive, is information we can provide to the executive and management teams to identify where and how we can improve communication and how to best do work and partner with our team members. We respectfully disagree with the forecast that iHerb is going "downhill". Indeed, iHerb leadership outlined its two year strategic plan and shared it will all team members across the company, and is continuing to identify ways to simplify communications and maintain internal customer (team member) trust. Thank you for your current service and your contributions to iHerb.

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