Envato reviews about "salary"

Not much of a resume builder, and I don't see much room to grow my career (in the area of the company that I personally worked within).

- The company is growing up and going through another stage of growing pains. For many at the company from prior years, this is uncomfortable and doesn't seem to be moving in the direction of working environment many of them prefer. There are aspects of it I didn't particularly like, but I understand the intention behind the shift. - They have a strong culture of being "nice" to each other, which has good intentions but often gets in the way of getting things done, so things can move VERY slowly as people are trying to be too nice (respectful and professional vs walking on eggshells constantly) . - Doesn't seem to have the "move fast and break things" mentality any more and is much more risk averse, significantly holding back real innovation. - Over the years I felt Envato needlessly lost many great, passionate, and talented people that deeply cared about contributing to Envato's mission. To some degree this is probably normal, though it was difficult to see and often didn't appear to make sense.

A lot of shakeups over the past few years and the salaries are not quite as competitive as some other companies.

- Seeing a bit more company politics here and there - Continued purchasing of mediocre quality IT equipments - No other benefits other than the salary

Salaries less than market rate

Your salary will be well below average for the job you do. Middle management (for the most part) are blind to their mistakes and will try to find others to throw the blame on rather than own up to it. There is a very strong culture of a "cool kids club" so if you're not willing to kiss the ground those in a leadership position walk on, then you'll have an impossible time being acknowledged, let alone heard by if you have an idea on a particular project.

Envato uses it values to guide decision making to the point where adverse outcomes occur as a result of staying true to values. There is a continued push to empower Ben Chan who is ill-equipped with the people skills required to lead the organisation. He tries to improve but you spot the fake veneer a long way away. #plugintothematrix #belikewater The founders continue to move further away from the day to day which is ok, however the organisation continues to position itself to prospective employees that they are heavily involved. There is a focus on hiring women, the quality of late has been poor. Managers aren’t clear on how to make a decision between hiring to improve gender equality and the person that has the best skills and experience. Employees openly admit that its like an adult day care centre working at Envato. Sadly, flexible work is now too flexible, people work from home but don’t work. There is currently no way to measure this nor is there a sound way to hold people accountable. This includes empowering managers to reprimand. There is an acceptance of carrying dead weight instead of having the tough conversations and moving people on. Unfortunately, quality women continue to leave the organisation, the majority of which are from Ben Chan’s department. There is a willingness to keep others that are well below par.

a lot of technical debt career paths constantly change lack of leadership

For me personally there are no cons