Employees are not a priority - Anonymous employee Helix Employee Review

2.0
10 May 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Set up for success. - Great support from investors. - Founders are passionate and want to see the company succeed. - Lots of smart people who care about the company.

Cons

- Executives do not listen to employees. Constantly tell them to "hold out" for things to be improved. - Perks awarded to employees that have social ties with the CEO. - Lack of transparency and employee happiness translates into waves of departures.

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Helix Response
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As Helix grows, we evolve our way of thinking with it, taking input from the numerous talented and diverse backgrounds we have here. Sometimes those voices are at the executive level, and sometimes they’re at the individual contributor level. Regardless, we evaluate all input in the context of how it impacts our people and our business. Employees are *the* priority, and to hear you think otherwise is a sign that we’ve fallen short. Without the stellar team of scientists, marketers, technologists and industry leaders we’ve assembled, the company wouldn’t be positioned to create a new consumer category from scratch. As with any company—large or small, implementing improvements can take time, and in some instances the rate at which these take place doesn’t suit every employees. We’re sorry if that is the case, but want to be clear that we make every effort to think about the impact each decision will have on each and everyone one of our colleagues. There are a lot of people who care about this company, and we make every effort to do right by the people who are committed to helping us achieve our vision. We’ve built a transparent culture where we share our product roadmap, pending partnerships, and business outcomes at our weekly company meeting. We want employees to have the information they need to be successful in their role, and that goes both ways—we want to hear more from you. Please chat with your manager, LT member, or People Ops. We want to work with you to make Helix great for every person on our team. - Selasi

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