Had high hopes, but fell short. - People & Culture MANTA Employee Review

3.0
20 Apr 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

You have freedom to complete tasks as you wish and on your own time (no micromanaging). Your work schedule is flexible. Team events are great! You can be the one to create and write many processes that are not yet established. Annual leave is approved quickly.

Cons

False hopes about promotion and career progression. Overall lack of communication. Some departments seem to be competing with each other instead of wanting to reach one common goal. The recent global layoff (January 2023) could have been avoided if management knew how to make better financial decisions. Employees were caught by surprise that day since managers kept saying things like “Don’t worry, we got this.” in previous meetings. New processes take a long time to be approved by management which is strange for a start-up. No onboarding whatsoever which results in lack of consistency even within the same team. No defined goals.

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MANTA Response
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Feedback is a key element to growth, so thank you in advance for taking the time to share your perception with us. Manta is indeed a startup and, like many other startups, quickly adjusting to the current market and economy often requires a swift change in direction. Sometimes, this means making very hard management decisions, such as parting ways with our talented team to ensure sustainability. As a growing company, we develop processes as we grow together with our people, which means that some processes (like team-specific onboarding, careers, and goals) are also built together as the team and company evolve and stabilize. Last year has been quite strong in terms of process implementation, (recruitment, general onboarding, communication, tools, benefits, job descriptions, etc.), and career paths and performance are indeed one of the key elements in the roadmap. This feedback reinforces that we are indeed on the right path, but there is still a lot to do, so thank you for sharing.

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