Tumultuous culture, layoffs, inconsistent leadership, but "perks" galore
Pros
Snacks and drinks, free lunch, some good team members. Fancy/abundant parties and celebrations. Salaries are very good, close to top of market for some roles.
Cons
This used to be the best company I'd ever worked for. There was so much opportunity for upward mobility, as well as smart colleagues, solid leadership, and the desire to improve communication. MUCH has changed over the last three years. Change is constant in life, and something that many companies face, but volatility is a better descriptor of QuestPoint (I mean, Sambreel. I mean, Finial, I mean Yontoo). The company has transitioned names, leadership, and direction so many times that they've begun a true tail spin...a swirly in the toilet bowl. They've now laid off over 60% of their employees TWICE in less than three years. And of course, no warning. After the first came a promise to be "transparent" with new leadership in place. Transparency seemed real and consistent with monthly or semi-monthly all-hands stand ups. But there's only so much transparency the leadership would actually provide, as many of the executives said behind closed doors. And they certainly were not transparent about the most recent layoffs. And for the last six months, employees have been dropping like flies - they left (some with no new job lined up), they were laid off, they were fired. Whatever the reason, the turnover is HIGH. Perks seem so great at the beginning. Unlimited/results oriented paid time off?? Too good to be true? Uh, yeah. It really is. "Unlimited" is completely up to the discretion of the manager, and there is a ton of discrepancy throughout the company - some people are strongly discouraged from taking a measly two weeks of vacation, if any. Oh, and what this also means is you don't get any vacation time paid out in said layoff. The future of this company is questionable at best. The decisions being made continue to be poor, and the layoffs and turnover reflect that. I am sure that the leadership, including and especially the CEO did not want to layoff anyone. There is much sincerity in that feeling. But the decision to attempt a new business strategy failed and they are scrambling to recover with a bare-bones staff who will have to pick up the pieces, as well as several other responsibilities, all while pretending to be happy about it because they don't want to lose their livelihood as well. It's a shame what has happened at this company. It was a truly magical place once, but as we all know, magic is not real, nor does it last. Do not leave your current job to work for this company. The salary and perks are shiny at first, but wear thin with a suffering morale and culture, unreasonable expectations, as well as some questionable executives and dismal future prospects.
