Generally a good company, but not for everyone - Anonymous employee Vinted Employee Review

3.0
Nov 6, 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good compensation and benefits package. Nice, easy-going most people. Competent co-workers. Ambitious company's goals. Flexible work from the office or home, compensation for home workstation. Decent work/life balance.

Cons

Rapidly growing headcount results in never ending changes in the company's structure and responsibilities. Sometimes it feels chaotic. Problems from the cultural side. On the one hand company tries to present themselves as a startup with highly caring and empathetic people. But on the other hand with such growth in organization it became very corporate and hierarchical. Much work seems to be more about planning, OKRs, describing functions among the teams, managing people, less about the actual work. This 'soft' cultural side still is super important when doing yearly reviews, which means that if your job performance is ok, then you get grilled about some abstract and subtle 'cultural fit' things. Obviously common sense and manners are not enough. At least under certain managers this is the case. Due to this growth there are some inexperienced managers that are either not mature or not competent to hold leading position. It's almost impossible to proactively suggest your ideas that don't fit the tasks in quarterly OKRs. At least I never got an approval from my lead to work on my initiated project. Corporate rigidity at its finest :) Too enthusiastic HR with so called inclusion and diversity program that sometimes seems to hire people based on gender quota, not the best skill set for the position.

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Vinted Response
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Thank you for taking the time to write a review. We realise how difficult it may be to be a part of a quickly expanding company. However, with a growing workforce and different teams and offices, appropriate strategy and planning are critical to the company's success. We're sorry that you're dissatisfied with the yearly performance reviews and quarterly OKR procedure. Thus, we respectfully request that you contact the people team for assistance. We are now working on adopting a global Diversity, Inclusion, Equity, and Belonging strategy for Vinted's long-term growth, as you highlighted in your review. However, we never evaluate candidates to fill a gender quota; instead, we use a predefined neutral scorecard to choose the best cultural fit for the organisation based on abilities and experience. You are welcome to email more feedback to glassdor@vinted.com. Best regards The Vinted People Team

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