Shadow of its former self... RUN! - Anonymous employee Foundry Employee Review

2.0
Mar 19, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great people, great products, fun and interesting. Office was small and cramped, but what it lacked in aesthetics, it made up for in character.

Cons

Marketing are the driving force of bitter infighting and office politics. After the old VC purchase and the new one, there was a restructure that benefited those who where in the "inner circle". A flourish of inexperienced managers who didn't know what they wanted, but needed to raise sales and revenue, non the less, led to two failed products and loss of valued colleagues. No remorse and no regrets attitude from C Staff teams. Watch out for HR. Complete poison. Cold blooded and under handed tactics that will, and have led to, lots of top people leaving. The ousting of the original founder was the last straw for most. With another round of VC to be had, they will be trimming the fat, after the sale. Look else where.

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Foundry Response
9y
I appreciate your review and the nature of it. I only joined Foundry at the end of 2015, along with many of the executive members, so I'm not able to comment on the specific examples outlined. However, I am genuinely sorry to hear how negatively you view your time at Foundry. Change is very difficult and we have experienced a lot of it recently. The teams have changed a lot in the past year and many of the old structure are no longer part of Foundry today. Hopefully, this type of review will no longer be applicable to Foundry as a massive amount has changed since you posted it.

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