All that glitters is not gold. - Anonymous employee SurveySparrow Employee Review

2.0
2 Jan 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Approachable team members, a good opportunity to learn, good for beginners.

Cons

Workload, lack of transparency, leadership politics and also hypocrisy among some in the upper management.

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SurveySparrow Response
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Thanks for your feedback, before we get into addressing your concerns here looks like you have been with the company for more than 3 years out of the 4 years of its launch.. Thank you for all the support & all the positive contributions so far and hope the below responses address your challenges and you continue to execute on your personal and company goals :) Here is our response to each of the challenges mentioned, please feel free to reach out if you still need any further clarifications; 1. Workload - As a startup, to stay ahead of the competition and the market there will always be workload, we aren't in a stage where we can be comfortable. We would be worried if there is no work during the working hours. To ensure our teams do not burn out we practice a fair 5 day work week and do not encourage stretching beyond official working hours. Oh and our official work hours as aligned with the standard government regulations. 2. Lack of transparency - This is a broad statement without any specific example, however as a company we make everything that is needed for an individual to be successful in their respective roles & responsibilities. If there is still anything you see missing, you can always ask for it in the anonymous internal Q&A which is answered monthly at the all-hands by the leadership if you are not comfortable opening up in person with your manager or leadership. 3. Leadership politics - This seems to be a loose statement with no examples. By the definition of Workplace politics, it is the process or behavior that in human interactions involves power and authority for personal advantage including; - access to tangible assets - or intangible benefits such as status - pseudo-authority that influences the behavior of others Given the above definition, if you look at our org structure, you would clearly understand our organizational structure is built in a way that it does not support any of these neither the company is in a stage or size for this to exist. 4. Hypocrisy among some in the upper management - Once again, without context, it would be hard for anyone to understand or answer this. Hypocrisy is defined as the practice of claiming to have moral standards or views to which one’s own behavior (or the behavior of people in our family or tribe) does not meet. Everyone has been prone to hypocrisy at one point or another, as we are all humans that make mistakes. It would be best if you raise it in the internal anonymous Q&A to address this rather than public negativity to solve for it at the root cause. Sometimes, putting ourselves in other people’s shoes can also be helpful, and hope you continue to build a successful & fulfilling career as you have been in the last 3+ years with the company :)

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