Wodify Reviews

Pros

- Amazing team of talented, passionate, and fun individuals who all genuinely care about our customers and doing meaningful work. - Opportunity to be part of a fast-paced company with a lot of opportunity to grow in the fit tech industry. Uniquely positioned as a bootstrapped SaaS company, able to make long-term strategic decisions and control our own destiny. - A product that users care about. Thousands of... entrepreneurs around the world rely on Wodify to run their business, so you feel like you're working on something that has real impact. - Multi-culture team in US & Lisbon makes for a diverse team. - Offices are decked out and relaxed work hard, play hard environment.

Cons

- Relatively inexperienced exec team - Bootstrapped can mean less resources than competitors - Fast-paced + every team member having a lot of responsibility can mean long hours sometimes - We aren't allowed to bring dogs to the office YET!

Pros

Amazing team, smart individuals, cool office environment

Cons

The Founder/CEO. There is no real HR and no executive team or board to keep him in check. If he will have anything to do with your role, don't take it. There isn't a culture issue, there's a leadership issue. It's a shame because everyone who works there is smart and amazingly talented, but the CEO thinks he needs to break people down in order for them to be good employees. He has a short fuse and no interest in... rectifying his wrong doings. The product also needs a ton of work - which he says he see and everyone knows - but it's been 5 years and they have a decent valuation so it doesn't seem as bad as it is. I will say, the product is decent as far as what's available in the industry goes, but it's obvious users are using it begrudgingly a lot of the time.

Advice to Management

Get a new CEO and make this guy head of development or something if he wants to be involved in his product still.

Pros

Great people - you can learn a lot from all of them Beautiful office Great tools to work with

Cons

This is a company that lacks direction, values, and any true identity. I was originally going to say that the communication within the company needs improvement because no one ever seems to know what's going on, but I've since realized that this is only a product of the fact that there is no vision. If you're looking to be hired at Wodify, do yourself a favor and ask the people you interact with about the company... mission and values. I'll save you the time: no one has a clue. Despite the fact that none of the managers have managed before, there has never been any initiative to help them, although thousands of dollars are invested in other things - like making sure managers are taken to a multi-day "negotiation workshop." The CEO breeds a culture of agreement - not innovation, growth, or independent thinking. This is the type of company that thinks offering a barber and beer gives them a right to treat people like pawns and talk bad about them along the way. With that in mind, you'll be hired and told that Wodify "only hires smart people", but then months later you will likely witness upper level management or the CEO joke about how stupid the entry level employees are. The company will try to make you think their product is killing it - but it's really not. A huge investment was made in several engineering teams in Lisbon, yet two years later there hasn't been a dramatic increase in new sales, nor improved customer retention. “Coaching” is a common term at Wodify. It really means being belittled, bullied, or admonished by the CEO. You’ll be “coached” enough that you’ll eventually get used to this treatment and start to see it as a normal, healthy way of giving/receiving feedback. You’ll even start to think that this is how other organizations deliver feedback. You are wrong. This is not healthy, normal, or good for anyone.

Advice to Management

Get some training. New fancy tools like duuoo and office vibe aren't going to solve your problems. Define your company missions, values, and culture - then stick to it. Learn how to be more professional in the workplace. Most of your entry level employees can show you the way in case you're unsure. Improve your core product - it's what the people want.

Pros

At Wodify you get to be a part of a global team who is passionate, driven, and not afraid to work hard. You never have to worry about your colleagues carrying their weight. Wodify is leading the CrossFit market for gym management software and the company is building several exciting new products launching in the next couple months so I feel confident the company will continue to innovate and expand in years to come.... Things never get old here and I have plenty of opportunities to grow, learn new skills, and make an impact. The office doesn't hurt either its comfortable and has great perks like an onsite gym, wine dispenser, cold brew coffee, standing desks, and an office dog named Willow!

Cons

The company does move quickly so sometimes you need to be flexible to keep up with the fast-paced environment and occasionally put in extra hours to see a project through.

Advice to Management

Consistently communicate priorities and goals of the company so teams can stay aligned.

Pros

- The people are great and the pay is decent. Note: The company solicits reviews from employees so do not believe everything you read on here. The culture also dramatically varies across office locations, so pay close attention to the location that you are looking at.

Cons

- Work life balance is horrible, employees frequently work long hours and are expected to drop important plans last minute. - Management does not respect employees - Employees, especially women, are frequently spoken to in a way that is not appropriate in any environment, especially at work. Lewd, demeaning, and derogatory comments are frequent and unwelcome and unfortunately occur with no assistance from HR. -... Management does not coach employees or help them develop their skills, several employees have been fired but received little to no coaching to even attempt to help them be more successful in their role. - It's been said before but employees are constantly walking on eggshells. Job security is not a reality at Wodify. - Growth opportunities are scarce or non-existent. - Mistakes are tracked and feedback is scarce - The company says they encourage learning from failures but employees that fail even once are heavily criticized and frequently leave the company shortly after.

Advice to Management

When asking employees for feedback you should try to actually listen to what they have to say rather than referring to it as trolling or complaining. If the company actually considered the input of its employees or treated them with respect its likely that turnover would not be so high.

Pros

I am genuinely grateful for the connections I made and value the 4 months of professional experience I gained working at Wodify. Here are some of the pros from my experience: • Learn what it takes to sprint as a BA in a fast-paced Scrum SaaS startup on the rise • Work with fun talented people in beautiful offices with plenty of creature comforts • Gain global experience working with Design, Development, and... QA teams in the Lisbon office • Connect with clients working with Customer Success, Sales, and Marketing in the NJ office • Work with the best technology and SaaS, ability to challenge yourself to learn new tech skills • Competitive pay that is made even sweeter with the company’s employee equity plan • Strong sense of ownership is fostered; everyone can influence the product roadmap • Opportunity to stay involved locally with quarterly community service “Givve” events

Cons

My aspirational leadership style and values were at odds with Wodify’s and there were too many misalignments. Ultimately it just wasn’t the right fit. Here are some of my cons: • The company’s inspirational brand theme is completely at odds with its punitive culture • Efforts to learn about other parts of the company are perceived to be a direct insubordination • Fear driven environment where mistakes are... tracked and feedback is delivered ineffectively • Overworked employees with a high turn-over, 6+ people left or get fired during my tenure • An unlimited vacation policy where most people are too swamped or afraid to ask for time off

Advice to Management

Thank you for giving me a chance to provide uninterrupted candid feedback during my resignation. I think it was a great learning experience for everyone. Here’s some advice: • Define a clear company mission statement that all employees can get behind • Don’t discourage employees from learning about other parts of the company • Involve the Customer Success team more during the design phase of features •... Establish a cross-functional scorecard measuring the key cross-functional metrics • Action employee feedback to create happier workers and attract/retain top talent

Pros

Pay is above average. The people are nice.

Cons

You work a lot and are expected to be available any minute any day. Work/Life balance non existent. Do not have an opinion that might disagree with CEO or you might be next. Management are CEO's hand puppets, enforcing his dictatorship for their own benefit instead of being the voice of their teams. Most people are not happy but are stuck because the pay is above average.

Advice to Management

Not worth it, they don't care.

Pros

I am only writing something because there is a twenty word minimum. Unfortunately, the first sentence was not twenty words.

Cons

- The promises the hiring team/management/upper management make are almost certainly lies. - There is absolutely no work/life balance - just a "work now" mentality. If you calculate your hourly rate, you can make the same rate substitute teaching. - You're not part of a team. You're hired and upper management believes they own you. Like a dog. - SMEs have been fired for doing their job - asking questions and... attempting to make things better. - People have been fired for not coming into work on their scheduled PTO - I'm willing to bet my salary the "good reviews" on this website were an inside job. - There's no possible way people at this company like what they're doing.

Advice to Management

I cannot believe I am going to regurgitate something I learned in pre-school; Treat people how you want to be treated. Because you don't - at all.