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Thank you for sharing your perspective and experience working at Bluevine. I personally read each of our reviews and this one moved me to respond. I deeply care about our employee experience and know we have some room to grow, however, I’m confident that we can address some of your concerns.
After working from home for nearly two years, I understand how returning to the office can take some adjusting. For that reason our gradual plan for hybrid work allows for continued flexibility while bringing us together to fuel communication, engagement, community, and more opportunities for learning. We’ve already seen some advancements in collaboration and innovation while continuing to ensure the safety of our employees is a top priority. If you have a personal circumstance that doesn’t allow you to return to the office right away, we can definitely make accommodations through our Office Deferral Program.
I also want to address your concern about career development. It’s really important to me that Bluevine is continually providing growth and advancement opportunities to our employees. There have been quite a few employees who have made tremendous strides in their career at Bluevine and I hope we can continue to do the same for others. We’re always looking into ways to enhance the manager toolkit to enable better career growth conversations including through our Leadership Training Program, which we just finished piloting. The value that exceptional and established employees bring is critical to our success.
We’ve quickly grown in the last couple of years and we are constantly learning how to best communicate with our growing employee base. In every communication we share, we aim to be as transparent as possible, especially with the state of our business. While we’ve learned that our All Hands meetings work better with an open, transparent dialogue, we have also given the additional option of an anonymous inbox to make sure you always have a place to ask questions or make suggestions anonymously. I’m sorry you feel that you cannot share your opinions, that is definitely not our intention.
It’s true that we are quickly growing but we are doing so responsibly. Given our industry, there are several protections and processes to follow to ensure that our customers' financial data and information are safe and secure. Responsible processes have been put in place to help us scale sensibly.
As a current employee, I hope that you're able to open up a dialogue with your manager or our People team to make sure Bluevine can be the best place it can be.
Eyal