Locafy Reviews

3.9

64% would recommend to a friend

(14 total reviews)

Gavin Burnett

71% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

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14 reviews
1.0
8 Mar 2023

Not good.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The technology is great. The employees are a great bunch of people who are all motivated and excited by the tech aspect of this company.

Cons

There is minimal and unsupervised training for current and new employees. Have had many conversations where staff sometimes do not even know the direction or what to focus on. Flexible work only if you are in a remote location outside of HQ (Perth, WA), otherwise you will be expected to come in. Locafy pushed for a NASDAQ listing which was achieved in March 2022 however during that time the upper management were unfocused on the state of the company, the staff and culture. From then to now (March 2022 - March 2023) management is completely removed from the rest of the staff leaving us unsure of company direction, and the only cultural incentive is that we have a beer after work on a Friday. Moral has been the lowest of any company I have worked at since they fired an entire department on new years eve with a basic explanation as to why it happened and expected us to be happy/relieved that a team that was low performing was now gone. I have never in my entire career been as disgusted in how this was handled by the companies CEO.

1.0
13 Nov 2022
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Pros

- Core team members and some leaders are good people - The product is interesting - You can do work in many areas of the business - Small-ish team means you will be visible

Cons

- Minimal training and support for new staff - Promoting from within is rare and then external hires (even managers) are often unsuitable for the role or don’t stay long after seeing the state of things - Salaries are low to average and some people were actually being paid much less than market value only being corrected under the guise of recent “promotions” (ie. from junior to mid level) - Unsustainable and inconsistent sales practices lead to poor quality despite the supporting teams efforts to correct - Flexible work in Perth actually means you must work in the office unless you have an airtight reason to need flexibility - Team is diverse, but only surface-level and it is not an inclusive space for anyone who doesn’t live or think like leadership - Some senior leaders are actually openly bigoted, conspiracy theorists and more. Anyone who does not agree or ignore these harmful attitudes will not fit in and likely not last long. - The company aggressively pushed for a NASDAQ listing (which it achieved), but abandoned sustainability and is now non-compliant with the stock exchange and also damaged its internal process and culture - Many people have left due to the reasons above and more, and recently the company laid off 15% more staff to even out the poor company performance to “reorganise” - Overall, it’s a company that will promise a lot, highlight crafted values a lot but ultimately likely leave you burned out or otherwise unhealthy

5.0
27 Jan 2022

Great team, great product excited about the future.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great team culture and a shared growth mindset, there is a diverse set of hard-working individuals who are creating an exciting future for Locafy. Since joining I have witnessed a great deal of change for the better, as the business grows it continues to gain momentum and is very exciting to be a part of. I am intrigued by the technology and where it will take the business in the future. Currently, it is a fast-paced, rapid iteration environment which I enjoy, 2022 will be a very interesting year here for sure.

Cons

If you don't like change, probably not the best place to be at the moment, lots of new hires coming on board are providing many opportunities for more feature development/enhancement and also improvements to sales and service delivery. Some processes are still very start-up like. There are lots of MVPs and first time processes, but it is quite the ride if you love getting your hands dirty and being part of the design of something big.

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