Very happy to be part of LendUp - Manager LendUp Employee Review

5.0
Dec 5, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Everyone is strongly motivated by the social mission. Strong leadership with bold vision and relevant industry experience. Such a warm an inviting culture. Everyone is friendly and are genuinely great people to work alongside every day. Growing extremely fast. New hires starting every week. Company metrics are very good. Strong product market fit. Leadership expects new hires to learn fast, ramp up quickly, and make an impact. There is no standing on the sidelines and waiting for approval - it's a culture of making things happen. Our company cultures are Beautiful office in FiDi with room to grow into. Catered lunches, company events and outings. On site gym. A product that is truly making a difference in people's lives and helping them escape the debt cycle trap.

Cons

It's a complicated product to learn. Would be nice to be able to choose the type of computer we're given (Air, Pro, etc). No catered dinners. Growing extremely quick and we're still figuring out a lot of the organizational and procedural things that go along with that. Especially as you're ramping up and learning the product, work life balance can be difficult. Highly regulated industry and dealing with legal and compliance concerns is very real and very important.

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I worked alongside some really incredible teammates!

Cons

My experience on the Customer Insights team at LendUp was a profound learning experience in a way that was much different than what I had originally anticipated. While the Account Manager opportunity was originally NOT marketed at all as a customer service role, I quickly learned that this is indeed what the role encompassed. Aside from an incorrectly marketed role, the Customer Insights leadership team displayed a method of "leadership" that relied on belittling and demeaning team members. From being reduced to a number on a dashboard to being chided for requesting sick days (in the face of serious illnesses) to being misled about the nature of the opportunity to leaders who seemed to have no regard for the team's well-being or professional development, my experience on the Customer Insights team provided me with more "insights" that I had originally intended to collect - insights into how leaders should NOT act (a great learning experience in itself). I had accepted my role at LendUp as someone who was determined to make a real impact - someone who was interested in understanding the way in which this "for profit, mission driven" concept actually played out. Instead, I walked away feeling extremely disillusioned with both the model as well as the people behind this model. My LendUp experience was a negative one due to the misaligned value systems, but placing that aside, the maltreatment of employees is something that transcends my particular value system. I wish all the best to LendUp, but at the same time, I do not want to sit silently about the way both my co-workers and I were treated throughout the process.

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LendUp Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share your experience; we take all feedback very seriously. We pride ourselves on cultivating a culture where all team members are valued, encouraged to do their best work and motivated to bring our mission to life for our customers. We're constantly investing in ways to make LendUp a great place to work, particularly as we grow and scale. We wish you all the best in your future endeavors.
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