They are NOT what they preach - Anonymous employee ContactOut Employee Review

1.0
Jul 23, 2022
Anonymous employee
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Pros

No "pros" here to be honest

Cons

A bunch of people are complete hypocrites. No doubt why their average retention is 6 months- for a company that started in 2014! [almost 8 years back!] Some people pretend be so-called "fun-loving" but in reality are the biggest narcissists I've ever seen. Their fragile ego gets hurt when they see folks doing better than them. They would rather hire hypocrites who crack jokes every 10 minutes to impress the leadership over folks who actually have awesome core skills & expertise. The leadership is fond of setting high-targets in the OKRs, but team lacks the bandwidth & the capability to pull those off. Initially you may feel that you have opportunity & freedom to experiment and improve things but sooner or later the so called leadership will bash you for picking things outside the OKRs. I haven't seen bigger hypocrites because they are the same people, who, while interviewing, mentioned things like- complete freedom to pick your projects & complete freedom to experiment, etc. All lies.

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ContactOut Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback with us. We've recently started adapting OKRs as a way of creating more transparency and alignment around collective goals. Some days it works out well and some days are harder! One thing's for sure: the team tries its best to move forward with what we're doing well and what we can do better so we can all learn continuously. (That's also why it changes every quarter and some even overlap with the next quarter to give teams ample capacity to meet (or change) them While it's not a perfect space, we do encourage having courageous conversations with your manager to fully understand the scope and impact of OKRs and to help you align and prioritise new ones. Good intentions paired with constructive feedback that's shared respectfully, will always have a place here. We're sorry that this was your experience. If you would like to speak further offline, we're here to connect with you.

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