Freelancer Reviews

Cons

hope there's a systematic performance review system

Cons

less salary and project were less

Cons

Offer less responsibility to more junior staff members.

Free food throughout the entire day so I often over indulged at breakfast and lunch so my waistline had some complaints :-)

Cons

Disorganised management
High turnover
High stress

Cons

Perf review are always overdue

Cons

- better floor planning needed

Cons

Most recent reviews are fairly accurate. Personally the cons I experienced were:
- Micromanagement, from direct managers, their manager and the CEO
- Lack of direction and clarity on what they want you to achieve
- No formal reviews or feedback process, therefore no way to get a promotion (not that they have budget for it anyway unless you threaten to resign)
- Willingness of multiple managers to do dodgy things and try cover their tracks
- Focus on revenue rather than the customer experience. Short term monetary focus rather than the longer term success, this has already been evident across many areas of the company and has burnt so many users
- Boys club, understandable as a tech company that most engineers are male, but at least most companies are trying to rectify this. All male product managers too. Hiring female account managers or accounting staff doesn't really fix the inherent problem. But at this rate this is the last of their worries.
- Other things where you'd get fired at any other company like harassment, bullying, verbal abuse, get belittled by senior management etc.

Cons

- Smart guys usually leave after 6 months and no one cares
- Huge opportunity but no long-term strategy
- No one really care about the quality of the product
- No senior

Cons

I am only writing this to advise others to refrain from joining this workplace. Here is why:
- The leadership team is...indescribable. Prepare to be sworn at, your work and your intelligence ridiculed, and to be humiliated in emails that are sent to the entire company. The worst part is that there is no HR.
- The in-house legal team makes you wonder how they possibly obtained a law degree. But when you realise that the legal team and the Leadership team are all friends within the Sydney socialist circles, it starts to make sense - they definitely weren't hired because of intelligence or talent. Get ready to be bullied by them; they're anti-immigration and openly homophobic so give Freelancer a miss if you value your sanity.
- They do not provide any kind of employee support. They previously refused to give time off for people with mental health disorders, that resulted in resultant court cases (google it).
- The company is floundering - there is no growth and it will slowly die. Never work for a company that is struggling, it won't get you anywhere.
- The pay is much below industry standard. Pigs are much more likely to fly than you getting a raise. How else is the leadership team meant to afford their Hummers (seriously).

Cons

Lack of process or defined ways of doing things