Start working and your nightmare starts - Anonymous employee Xoxoday Employee Review

1.0
18 Nov 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

working on alternate Saturdays. I mean what can be better than this?

Cons

The company is run by newbie Co-founders. None of them know what they are doing or what is their mission and vision(It's strange when the Co-founders are from Colleges like IIM-K, Tapmi, and Welingkar : drop-out). A usual morning starts with lots of mails from one of the co-founders(and to be precised, the mails are sent to demotivate you). Now, they will ask you to start working on your own but will give you 10 tasks from there side. You will have to do all the tasks cause, every 2 hours 'Mr. impatient' (One of the co-founders) will ask you for the report not to analyse anything but to scold you for the tasks which you did not touch yet. Another co-founder Sumit Khandelwal a.k.a. Fred Flintstones (cause he look like him), who does not know anything but pretend that he is a world class genius, will come with some REALLY BAD ideas and will ask you to complete it by EOD. Now, you are in trouble. Whether to his tasks or 'Mr. Impatient's' task. Now your work sheet is piled up with 20 random tasks which you need to complete in roughly 9 hours (Well people stay in office for 10.5 hours but 1.5 hours is wasted doing nothing cause YOU ARE DEMOTIVATED). So basically, if you want to ruin your work life balance and get umpteen nightmares and job-insecurity, then this is the best place on earth to work.

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Xoxoday Response
9y
Thanks for sharing your feedback. We have definitely taken feedback as positive and worked on various areas. Good news!! We have only 5 days working and got implemented last year itself. So no more alternate Saturdays working :) I think you have pointed out important aspect of work for any organisation which is to achieve a work balance between different teams, specially if the company is small and still growing. As a start-up which wants to grow faster purely on revenue, the only parameter that becomes important is to execute faster and there are so many areas to improve that one is always impatient. I am sure you would agree to that. Had it not been this case we would not have become what we are today and would have been easily perished in the mist like so many well funded start-ups did. You will find one quote which always mentions to stay hungry and impatient if you have to make an impact. There is no time limit to one can work in a day but it is obvious that with less people and bigger aim you have to dedicate those hours willingly. However this was a phase when we were learning and putting lot of processes together to make future better and smooth. Had you stayed with us you would have appreciated to what we are now. But I would like to give credits to you and all those who knowingly/unknowingly helped us to grow leap and bound. Lot of processes have improved and we have grown to a big size, with happy people around. About the co-founders, yes all of us were newbies. But thanks to feedbacks and people, including you we have learnt a lot and established ourselves as experienced co-founders :) Oh yes, last but not the least, Fred Flintstones is a nice character and we like it.

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- Joining a fast growing startup like Xoxoday has enabled tremendous on-the-job learning - They really intend to match the standards of top-notch companies in the world. - Tons of perks for the employees - Freedom and Responsibility. - Stunning Colleagues.

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Xoxoday Response
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Hey there, Thank you for taking the time to share your review on working at Xoxoday. While we have things that we want to improve on, we're glad you found Xoxoday a great place to learn and bring the best in you. We appreciate everything you did for us and look forward to working hard to make Xoxoday the best place to work and build a career.
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Good team members and good leadership

Cons

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Xoxoday Response
2y
Hi there, Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We truly value the input of our former team members as it helps us continually improve and evolve as a company. We're delighted to hear that you found our team members and leadership to be positive aspects of your experience at Xoxoday. Building a supportive and collaborative environment is a cornerstone of our culture, and we're glad to hear that you felt that during your time with us. Regarding your concerns about the HR team, we want to express our sincere apologies if your experience did not meet your expectations. We take all feedback seriously, and we're committed to addressing any areas where we may have fallen short in providing support to our employees. We're continuously working to enhance our HR processes and ensure that all team members feel valued and supported throughout their journey with us. If you have any specific suggestions or further feedback on how we can improve our HR practices, we would greatly appreciate hearing from you. Your insights are invaluable to us as we strive to create the best possible workplace environment for our team members. Thanks, Xoxoday
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