Avoid this company! - Software Developer PassFort Employee Review

1.0
15 Apr 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Weekly meditation, social events, bring pets to work.

Cons

The owners are clueless, lacking experience. Passfort is struggling to grow as a business. Lack of clear strategy. Development team struggle with lack of direction. Long working hours. Chaotic. Poor remuneration. Poor staff retention.

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PassFort Response
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We were very disappointed to read this review. As with many other companies impacted by the economic impact of Covid-19, our leadership had to make very challenging decisions to protect as many jobs and livelihoods across our team as possible. One decision unfortunately included withdrawing offers of employment for new joiners, as in your case. We absolutely appreciate that as a result of this decision you were then put in your own difficult circumstances. The reality is, with slower than anticipated revenue growth and weakness in venture capital fundraising markets, your role was no longer viable, for which we are genuinely sorry. This was never our intention and the first time our business has taken such actions. Our decision was communicated as soon as possible, and with as much empathy, compassion and respect for you as possible. As a company that not only values, but thrives on feedback, we are always open to hearing how we can improve. However, in this case your comments on our leadership, culture, people, and our product itself are unfounded, as you had not yet joined our business to experience these things. In accepting our offer initially we very much hope that in fact the opposite was apparent during interviews, you resonated with the wonderful culture we’ve built at PassFort, and were excited by our product and the journey we are on given your extensive experience in the Compliance space. We consider ourself a people-first company, and acting ethically, honestly, transparently, and with integrity within all our relationships and business operations is above all else. This is reflected in the employee NPS and employee engagement scores we receive & value from our team. We are disappointed to have this relationship come to such an end, and hope that you’ll be able to understand our decision in the future. We continue to wish you every success in whatever you go on to do next.

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Cons

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CEO approval
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