A once-great company in decline due to indecisiveness - werkgeversreview Anonieme werknemer bij ReadyTalk

2,0
1 okt 2014
Anonieme werknemer
Aanbevelen
Goedkeuring directeur
Zakelijk vooruitzicht

Pluspunten

- The executive team seems to genuinely care about work life balance and making things pleasant for their employees. - Casual dress code and culture. - First class health benefits are 100% covered by ReadyTalk - Great people who genuinely want to work with one another and make the company fun. - Laid back and fun. - Charitable and Wellness initiatives made available for all employees. - Great perks such as permanent kegs, holiday gifts, trips and parties.

Minpunten

- Executives are visibly struggling with the company no longer being small and refuse to decide on a professional development plan they claim to have been working on for years now. - High turnover of talent due to a severe lack upward mobility. - The vast majority of your workday is attending internal meetings. - Severe micro-management and lack of autonomy or ownership in non-management roles. - Management is terrified of making a decision but also refuse in letting go of the reigns - All promotions are lateral and require taking on additional work without increase in title or salary. - 100% of Middle, Senior and Executive roles are hired externally. - While kind and friendly, very few at the leadership level seem interested in managing their teams and more interested in avoiding responsibility. - No company strategy or product vision. Any strategy that is made public is changed within a week due to indecisiveness. - 100% of HR's focus is on recruitment.

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5,0
14 jul 2021
Anonieme werknemer
Aanbevelen
Goedkeuring directeur
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Pluspunten

Freindly folks and a relaxed vibe

Minpunten

None that I can think of

3,0
26 nov 2014
Anonieme werknemer
Aanbevelen
Goedkeuring directeur
Zakelijk vooruitzicht

Pluspunten

ReadyTalk seems to be a lifestyle company - as evidenced by the fact that 4/5 senior leaders founded the company 13 years ago and are still around. Health benefits are 100% paid for employees and their families. The company spends a LOT of money on perks - covering race entry fees, tons of groceries, kegs in the kitchen, random swag. It'd be easy to be a lifer - provided you're comfortable just doing the same thing for years and getting just a COLA+ salary adjustment year over year.

Minpunten

See above - this is a lifestyle company. If you have a lot of ambition or want to see your career develop, you will probably have to leave. The Execs have been running the show for years and don't seem to have any succession plan in place. Sure, the CEO is super healthy and fit, but when he said last year that his exit strategy was death.... what does that mean for the rest of his 180 employees? The corporate strategy and product roadmap seem to change with the wind, which can be frustrating and unempowering. Management and HR push a lot of books on strategy and respecting and developing people, but it's not consistently practiced by the most senior executives. "Professional development" is pretty well a joke, and performance evaluations don't exist. There's very little incentive to be a top performer.

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