- Severe management issues. Farfetch has evidently struggled with rapid growth, putting people into management positions who really shouldn't be there. Thus many of the 'managers' I encountered simply couldn't manage.
- Lack of Company culture. This is why I decided to leave - Farfetch think they have this great startup culture when in reality it is simply a part of the corporate machine. Coming from a true startup, I was sold this startup dream. In reality the office was dead quiet with no atmosphere, I was chastised for looking at Facebook once every 2 hours, and everyone treated one free beer on a friday like jesus himself was offering wine to the masses.
- Farfetch is a tech company, not a fashion company. The majority of the people I met thought they were in the fashion world and felt they were god's gift to the world with their eclectic fashion sense. In reality this doesn't translate at all well to tech. You end up with a company of people dressing in ridiculous attire who don't have a clue about their job because they're only there for the free discount.
- The old guard are in control. Joining as a new hire, there is an immediate air of "them vs. us". Of those that have been there since Farfetch was small, vs. those of us who have joined in the new wave of hires. That old guard believe they are superior in everywhere and HR & the high-uppers appeared to give them much lee-way. They would socialise in their own circles, and us new hires forced to socialise in our own circles. This certainly contributed to the lack of culture. There was no team mentality but a strict hierarchy borne through this social separation - this all created a toxic atmosphere.
