Great mission, shaky operation - Anonymous employee Appriss Employee Review

3.0
Jan 3, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The company's main product, VINE, is an incredible public service, and everyone seems dedicated to it being implemented successfully. Great work/life balance. High support for working from home, taking time off as needed, so long as it balances with the needs of the team. Very talented, dedicated staff

Cons

Too many layers of management. A small team of very experienced contributors doesn't necessarily need a team lead. Senior talent is being promoted to management with little to no training. These skill sets are often very different. A little too much "tribal knowledge" among long term employees. Some have lost the distinction between what is common knowledge across all industries and technologies, and what is common knowledge among small groups within Appriss.

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Appriss Response
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Thank you so much for your insight. I wanted to address a couple of points in your review. Appriss takes great pride in that fact that we promote from within and that we have many employees with long tenures. We also recognize that some of our promotions come with little training on the soft skills of being a manager. Secondly, it sounds like you may have had a “micro manager” during your time at Appriss. In the future we hope that if anyone feels this way they would reach out to another manager or an HR rep to find the best way to navigate these situations. Lastly, I wanted to address your advice to management on “trusting your employees to work independently and without constant oversight”. Appriss is very proud of our ROWE environment - Results Only Work Environment. We have a performance-based culture at Appriss, and we focus on results rather than the number of hours worked. This also supports our ICARE values: 1. It takes Integrity to be a trusted team member 2. A Customer Driven attitude to go above and beyond to those you serve 3. Accountability at all times to each other and your work 4. Respect for each other’s time 5. Achieving Excellence for Appriss, its customers and employees.

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