Good people, overstretched people - Anonymous employee Helix Employee Review

4.0
2 Dec 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Helix has a lot of good energy in its employee base. Everyone is pretty nice and open, and people seem genuinely interested in building a good company. And, the company is pretty open to you taking on responsibilities beyond your mandate, allowing you to learn as you go.

Cons

The biggest con is that Helix is forever and always running on overstretched staff. The depth chart is super shallow, so that experts burn out pretty quickly. It results in perpetual cycle of building MVPs and never moving past that. Everyone has the ability to do better, but they suffer from simply having an unrelenting flow of tasks that dampens creativity and limits the heights to which the company can reach.

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
2 Nov 2024
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Pros

The industry the company is in has potential.

Cons

After a decade, many basic processes are still not standardized. Simple tasks that should be easy elsewhere take unnecessary effort here. Mid-level managers form cliques, handling conflicts by forcing the more reasonable side to back down. Double standards are everywhere. People who don’t do the work tend to oppress those who do. Managers have a shallow understanding of both the work and people, resorting to bullying those who are kind while avoiding confrontations with the strong or rude. There's a constant manpower shortage, and higher-level issues are often dumped on lower-level employees, but salaries and promotions don’t reflect this. Meetings are mostly for show—employees are only allowed to ask trivial questions or praise each other. If you bring up real issues, they’ll either ask you to fix them yourself or tell you to stay quiet. Layoffs have been frequent over the past year, mostly targeting decent employees who won’t cause trouble or those who dare to speak up. The company is rigidly hierarchical, both in title and race. Middle managers give speeches as if they’re important figures, which is laughable. The quality of employees has dropped, and management is full of holes. Issues in old negative Glassdoor reviews remain unresolved to this day. The tolerance for toxic employees and the chaotic management have left good employees discouraged—they either find excuses to leave or simply cut down their productivity. As one one-star review said, this company needs a complete overhaul, not just minor tweaks.

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