Toxic - Stay away - Solutions Engineer Branch Employee Review

1.0
Sep 22, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Some work areas are really interesting (DS etc) and you could do very interesting work in some areas. Alex (CEO) is a good thoughtful trustworthy leader but he is too involved in some projects to drive transformation/improvement across broader areas.

Cons

Toxic Culture at middle management and senior management levels - Everyone looking at ways to landgrab If you are part of the club then you will do well Lack of leadership skills in most managers - People get promoted to Managers despite severe lack of leadership skills. Uninspiring founders : Best examples of this are Mada and Mike Molinet. Alex is great and the only reason why I am staying on. Mike is a micromanager and if he had his way then he will even tell people what to eat and what not to eat at work Death by meetings/Zoom call : Every decision requires a meeting. Why can't decision be taken a-sync. United Nations. Using Transparency as a means to exercise control by founders and senior management 3rd rate SAAS products and the upcoming search product - Not much advice is listened to Dont trust all the campaigns run on linkedin. Speak to former employees and you will get more insights.

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Branch Response
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Thank you for sharing your thoughts and experiences of Branch. While we are a young company with amazing growth potential, we are also extremely proud of the leaders who have guided Branch to our current success. We’re also proud of the high volume of workplace awards we’ve been honored with in the past few years, all from anonymous and voluntary employee feedback surveys. Sharing those on LinkedIn gives us great joy, and we’re elated when Branch employees choose to share them as well. We're sorry to hear that your experience of our culture and founders deviates from the usual employee experience, and we would love the opportunity to address it with you directly. Thank you for continuing to stay at Branch despite the bumps in your journey, and please feel welcome to reach out to hr@branch.io with your concerns so we can make a plan together to turn your Branch experience around.

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