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Wolf in sheep's clothing - werkgeversreview Anonieme werknemer bij WayUp

1,0
25 feb 2017
Anonieme werknemer
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Pluspunten

The concept, the cause and the typical person hired to the company are awesome.

Minpunten

You could not ask for worse leadership than WayUp. It is hard to find words to describe the CEO that don't sound disgruntled or defamatory, so I would just suggest you read her own words given to Forbes about how this CEO thinks everyone working for her is incompetent: search "How A 25-Year-Old CEO Leads A Workplace Full Of 20-Somethings". It seems common of this startup and others to have leadership that are simply overconfident kids with the financial wiggle room to start companies and almost no people skills, bulldozering over people's feelings and delivering alternative facts and stats to clients and the public. I can think of no two public figures more alike than Liz and Donald J Trump. They have a STARTLING knack for propaganda, which you can see in comment reply elsewhere on this page. VCs who are advising this company, is this what you teach? It is unfortunate that more don't speak out on Glassdoor and the ratings look so high thanks to obvious comments from the exec board (sadly, the one that said 'sounds like the people complaining here knew they would be getting fired' and that the turnover 'was actually on par for a startup' seems to have been deleted ) and those from campus reps, who are college students/contractors with little to do with the company. To whoever wrote the interview experience that explained very politely and thoughtfully about how you were bullied by the CEO, know that active employees applauded you when they read it. Uber and Thinx have had recent stories published outing their seemingly great CEOs and this I hope is next in line. To the press outlets that keep covering advice from WayUp's leadership, I'd suggest you instead find some of those departed people and offer them a book deal for their experiences.

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5,0
9 aug 2022
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Pluspunten

Great employer, friendly environment. Beautiful office area.

Minpunten

More consistent staff. High turnover rate.

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5,0
3 jun 2017
Anonieme werknemer
Aanbevelen
Goedkeuring directeur
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Pluspunten

- Company is focused on growth: not just its own metrics, but its employees'. I know a few people who took classes which WayUp paid for; and everyone loves the Lunch and Learns and the weekly all hands (where people show/teach each other what we're working on) etc.... - Everyone here keeps saying this, but again, the people are the best; the smartest employee group I've ever encountered - CEO is inspiring and so smart, and self-aware of what she does and doesnt know (she's young but seems to have lots of mentorship); she works way too much though so hopefully the VPs they're hiring will take things off her plate - Mission is great - I've never felt micromanaged in my job. I think the only people who get micromanaged are the people who aren't right for their job, and they tend to not be around long - Company moves so fast

Minpunten

- Liz and JJ are currently hiring their Senior Management team, which we all are excited for. Based on the first hire of the three, I'm optimistic about the other two. But in the meantime, the company has gotten to where it is today through mid-level leaders who were learning on the job. This has been a growing pain for everyone at the company, which I think everyone is excited to get past - There were a lot of really bad hiring mistakes made in 2016 that resulted in some not-great people joining (most of them are now gone) and seemingly leaving bad glassdoor reviews lol

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