Faire reviews about "layoff"

There was a recent round of layoffs

The massive layoff of half the office last year greatly changed the vibrancy of the office and the possibilities for growth in the company

- Horrible leadership - nepotism. They have their people and their circles and you’ll see those who are promoted are in those circles. - don’t hire Ex faire employees back. People who have been at faire for longer are getting paid less then new people - layoffs totally destroyed culture. There was little thought put into it and over 300 people lost their jobs - borderline racist. … entire sales team lacks diversity. Everyone comes from a privileged Bay Area background and people of color have been mysteriously let go - lack of empathy for ICs and customers. You are told to throw sh*t at the fan and hopes it sticks - micromanaged ): - billionaire boys club. The leaders have no idea what it’s like to own a small business and it shows - no clarity - continue to hire on more people while firing huge chunks of workforce

As layoffs happened, growth and upward mobility became harder to achieve; work-life balance could be very challenging and stressful at times depending on role/team

They layoff people as aggressively as they hire

Arbitrary deadlines set by PMs and managers and unnecessary stress to meet them. Gamified metrics leads to this. Little time spent reducing tech debt and messy code. Lots of unfinished projects being launched. Recent layoffs and unprofitability make the company seem less trustworthy

Slow growth Layoffs Ever changing

- work/life balance could be bad depending on project/team (+ heard it got worse after layoffs) - not too confident in the company's future (+ valuation seemed high) - manager can make/break the whole team