Peepul Reviews

We are happy to hear that you experienced a supportive team culture at Peepul but equally disappointed that we did not fully meet your expectations as an organization. I would appreciate the chance to address some of your concerns: First, we never ask any current teammates or alums to make fake reviews on Glassdoor. However, we encourage teammates to share their reflections about hiring, culture, work experience, etc., so that external people interested in working with us get an overview of our processes, systems, and culture to determine if they want to work with us. We also see this portal as an additional route to hear anonymous feedback, which helps us build a better workplace. As you may know, we have a salary band for each role (from an entry-level to a Senior Leadership role). We extend the offer to candidates based on several considerations/ matrix (e.g., education, relevant work experience, fit to role and culture, etc.) and determine compensation within the band itself. We also have an annual performance increment provision, where we revise everyone's salary. In the last five years, we have provided a significant hike to our team, which has been higher than the sector average. With regard to our financials, please note that our audited financial statements are on the website and provide a sense of how our grants are spent across our team and our programmes. On your comment regarding micromanagement and feedback, we want to let you know that at Peepul, all teammates support one another's professional development by providing mentorship and feedback and helping each other identify their areas of strength and improvement. This should not be interpreted as micromanagement or showing disdain but rather as a team effort to support your success. We encourage team members to be open with their managers and express any areas of improvement or differences in operating style, so that your manager can work collaboratively with you, in a way that works for both. Your comments regarding being manipulative and practising favouritism, calling teammates mid at night, are something we hear for the first time as feedback. I would love to talk directly about this, so feel free to email me at rashmi.pandey@peepulindia.org, or we can get on a call as I want to understand what incidents made you think so and where this could be occurring and how to improve. Thank you, Rashmi Pandey