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Fathom Applications

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Lack of vision, no room for career growth, double-standards - Anonymous employee Fathom Applications Employee Review

3.0
Aug 17, 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- You will meet some of the best people ever - Great work/life balance - Room to try new methods, tools and processes (self-driven) - Self-learning budget

Cons

Posting this with the hope that it will help many others in the team who I'm aware are struggling right now with the same problems I encountered during my time with Fathom. - Top-down leadership style - Lack of vision, direction, company and quarterly goals - Communication from leadership lacking, many meetings and off-site days with nothing ever coming out of it - No accountability over work - Slow or no decision making and no trust in senior employees to make decisions - Employee feedback and surveys felt like it was there to reaffirm confirmation bias and support existing agendas, things that were challenging or hard to work through were never addressed or dismissed - this felt like they were building a culture that rewarded not speaking out - Questionable hiring practices (some teams asked to put together businesses cases, others able to hire directly from their communities, others able to scale in a completely unbalanced way) - Bonus structures exclusive to CS and Marketing teams - No diversity in leadership - Directors still heavily involved in day-to-day often meaning employees get caught up in Director politics - Poor feedback delivery and process (I saw this crush some employees) - Decisions aren't data driven and more often than not opinion based - Overstepping from other teams

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Fathom Applications Response
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Thanks for sharing your experience. We understand that there are areas for improvement, and we’re taking the time to work through some of these at the moment. The company has grown rapidly in the last year or two and we’re considering internally how we scale our communication, organisation structure and management practices, particularly with the challenge of the current season where we are working more remotely. Current employees will be aware that we are seeking feedback internally in multiple forums and working on better articulating our company purpose and values so we can embed these within Fathom. We’re also looking at ways to improve our decision making process to provide clarity around accountability. As founders, we care deeply about our people, the product and our customers and we do stay connected with some of the day-to-day activities, but we know it’s also important to empower the talented team and leadership growing in the business.

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