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      Promising Culture, Frustrating Leadership Decisions - Anonymous employee Orium Employee Review

      2.0
      10 Oct 2025
      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      - They provide excellent equipment. - Never had any issues with salary payments. - Offer some benefits in addition to compensation. - Remote-first culture.

      Cons

      - Heavy micromanagement. - Strong push to appoint developers as “leaders,” yet all decisions are consistently made by the same few people. - Project “heroes” are created, and favorites are frequently rotated, with these favorites getting most of the credit. - Significant layoffs have occurred, leading to low expectations for salary increases due to the high internal pressure. - No clear career growth plan. - Too many project managers for too few developers. Many managers create boards, hold long meetings (often 50 minutes) just to mediate conversations, and micromanage the work being done. - Conflicts of interest among some leaders. - The company has positioned itself as AI-driven, but leadership shows little real effort to learn no-code platforms, opting instead to rely on developers as the more convenient route.

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      Orium Response
      2mo
      Thanks for such detailed feedback. There's a lot here, and we take it seriously. The concerns you’re raising, including micromanagement, ownership, career clarity, and how decisions are made, are not the experiences we want to create. We recognize that aspects of how we were operating contributed to your experience. In the latter part of 2025 and into 2026, we’ve been focused on strengthening manager capability, clarifying decision-making ownership, and building more structured and transparent career paths. We’ve also been working to reduce unnecessary coordination and meeting overhead so teams can spend more time on strategic work. On career growth, we’ve made expectations at each level more visible and are working toward greater consistency in how decisions are made. On AI: we hear the feedback that leadership needs to lead by example, not just by slogan, and we agree. We’ve been actively investing in building AI fluency across the organization, including hands-on learning through internal AI Fluency sessions for our Tech team, peer-to-peer demos, and ensuring teams have access to the tools they need to apply AI in real project work. The goal is to make this practical and embedded in how we work, not just something we talk about. We’re seeing encouraging signs internally. In our most recent pulse survey, our Tech team reported an eNPS of 38, reflecting a culture where developers feel they have access to meaningful work, strong tools, and flexibility. That’s the foundation we’re focused on building from. Feedback this specific and constructive is genuinely useful. Thanks again.

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      5.0
      29 Mar 2023
      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Orium seems to be hitting its stride. I've watched the transition of Myplanet to Orium as the company embraced composable commerce. Some early projects were really difficult, in particular in 2020-2021, but I see us getting better and better now with each new client as the expertise and experience in the company continues to grow. The company is definitely at the forefront of a market that is seeing growth. I've never worked at a company when they were so clearly in the right place at the right time the way Orium is right now. I appreciate the transparency of management on priorities at the regular all-hands and Q&A sessions. This includes updates on key operating metrics and financial health data. Given the uncertainty in the world right now I find it reassuring to know the company is doing well. Things are fast paced and you have to like that kind of environment. I find I'm always learning and able to take on new challenges that push me out of my comfort zone. The leadership that I work with are smart, supportive and approachable.

      Cons

      Growth and change means growing pains. I noticed two leaders who seemed spread too thin last year end. It impacted me less but I could see their stress was starting to affect their direct teams. More recently their responsibilities have been changed to be more manageable. I think HR also intervened based on feedback/complaints and I've noticed a change for the better. They're empowering their teams more and micro-managing them less. Another example is 1:1s getting cancelled or not happening at all in some of our project teams last year. Management re-organized this process at the end of 2022 and this seems to have improved. I appreciate that management acts to improve things, and it's probably unavoidable at a company growing this fast, but I wish we could avoid some of these challenges in the first place.

      5.0
      22 Jul 2015
      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      - people - location - benefits - challenges that help you grow professionally - Mindfulness Mondays were great to take the break and reflect

      Cons

      - some people needed more structure than others - could be a culture shock for those that come from an larger enterprise organization.

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      Orium Response
      10y
      Really appreciate your time writing this review. It sounds like a lot of your experience here at Myplanet resonated with you. I appreciate your time contributing to forums such as SOTU, Company Q&A, Morning Coffee and for providing feedback into our bi-weekly one-on-one feedback sessions. The best ideas we have heard and implemented come from those sessions. We try to be up-front that individuals who need extensive structure may not be a fit here at Myplanet. We're looking for those who can bring new ideas and challenges to our team. Thank-you again for your positive contributions to our story.
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