Toxic - Anonymous employee Barn2Door Employee Review

1.0
10 Aug 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Unfortunately, I have nothing positive to say about my experience working at Barn2Door. While I believe the company was created with good intentions, I believe they have strayed too far off their path and are filled with delusions of grandeur.

Cons

Just read all the other 1.0 star reviews. Working at Barn2Door was one of the worst experiences of my life. I experienced PTSD like symptoms while working there and afterwards. The toxic culture is justified as a means to an end. Barn2Door preys upon naivety and inexperience "for the sake of farmers". At the end of the day, Barn2Door is a software company, not a company to help farmers. Unfortunately the quality of software is extremely low which is reflected by the continual cycling of recurring problems which seemingly never get solved. The engineering team isn't solving difficult problems but rather satiating the will of the CEO and COO who don't seemingly have a good grasp on what it means to build quality software. It's not for lack of caring.

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Barn2Door Response
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Thanks for sharing your perspective. We’re sorry if Barn2Door has not met your expectations. From your comments it appears working with your team has been a challenge; we encourage you to take your comments directly to the CEO (her door is always open). In terms of “real” engineering problems - the complexities of managing Farm subscriptions, orders and multiple forms of inventory, pricing and binning - are highly complex. Entire companies focus just on subscriptions (e.g. Bold) or inventory (e.g. Magento), whereas Barn2Door has built these functions natively to address the unique nuances for Farmers. At Barn2Door, we take pride in being a mission-driven organization, with a goal of supporting sustainable Farmers and making local Food accessible online. If you just want to work at a software company, we encourage you to pursue employment elsewhere (there are plenty of options in Seattle). Thank you for your contributions to date. We wish you well as your career evolves.

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Cons

The company is run very much like a monarchy. If you were a family member or one of the people who constantly sucked up to the COO, you were treated differently. If you weren’t in that inner circle, you were largely invisible. You’d be lucky to even get a “hello” from some members of leadership when passing them in the hallway. The turnover here is insane. As someone who takes pride in going above and beyond, I did everything I could to succeed. During my employment, I would arrive at the office an hour before my shift just to get organized and get ahead on my work. My commute was an hour and a half each way, but I never complained because I was genuinely grateful for the opportunity and wanted to succeed so badly. Not once did I receive recognition for that effort. In fact, I was criticized for exceeding my daily dial goals because I was supposedly “wasting leads.” I was fired right before Christmas after only being there a short while with the company. It was clear that they did not care about me as a person, nor did they care about the effort I was putting in. The COO is undoubtedly intelligent, but in my opinion, his success has gone to his head. While his wife is presented as the face of the company, it was obvious who was really calling the shots. When I was terminated, there was absolutely no empathy or compassion in the conversation. I was told I didn’t “dress professional enough.” That comment was referring to my appearance, I wore what I could afford on the salary I was being paid. Not everyone can afford expensive wardrobes, especially when they’re just starting out. The management team felt very cliquish. If you weren’t part of their friend group, you could feel it. There were times when people would openly talk about others or give judgmental looks while sitting just a few feet away. It honestly felt more like high school than a professional workplace. Training was also lacking. Managers were expected to train new hires while simultaneously hitting their own quotas, which often meant new employees didn’t get the support they needed. Because turnover was so high, it felt like there wasn’t much incentive to invest time into properly developing people. I’m naturally curious and like to understand the products I’m selling. Whenever I asked questions about the platform or wanted to learn more about how it worked, I often felt discouraged from doing so. The message was essentially, “Stop asking questions and follow the script.” At one point, my manager even told me I was only allowed to ask one question per day. After that, I was largely ignored. One of the most disappointing aspects of the job was watching farms get sold on a product that clearly wasn’t the right fit for them. Some of the more experienced salespeople knew this, but the focus seemed to be on hitting quotas rather than helping farmers make the best decision for their business. It often felt like the sale mattered more than the customer. This experience was genuinely heartbreaking for me because my expectations were so high. I believed in the company, I believed in the mission, and I wanted to be successful there. In the end, I wasn’t angry I was just incredibly disappointed.

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