BetterUp reviews

TL;DR - Don't go work for this lousy organization. I know this sounds like sour grapes but I can't tell you how much my life has improved after exiting. Read the reviews and every obviously drummed-up "good" one lists the cons as "this is a fast paced start up, if you didn't come to work hard, this isn't the place for you." <-- comical. I've worked in massively successful startups and have the receipts to prove that this isn't how life works. They treat you very poorly at BetterUp. CEO Alexi is in over his head and won't admit it. Good startup executives know when it's time to hand over the keys to competent and experienced C-level people to take a start-up to the next level. He and his co-founder COO Eddie must be driven solely by ego. I was told in no uncertain terms by upper management in confidence that the hope was that Alexi would step to a CXO role or SVP role out of harm's way and put very specific people in charge who were/are capable and ready. But nah. They just blame economic downturn and "people who don't work hard" for their woes. They did well during the pandemic. Great, lots of companies did. The leadership they have surrounded themselves with is a bunch of yes-men/women. You don't fall in line with this failed direction, you're gone. The saddest thing is that the mission of this company is to bring more resilient, empathetic leadership skills to their customers, creating psych safety for their people and bringing better living (personal and professional) to all employees...of their customers! None of that is practiced in-house. The weasels that they create who turn on their co-workers in pursuit of this "mission" usually find themselves turned on at some point too.

Everything that was an 'inconvenience' or a 'change' was honest growing pains that any other company who is trying to capture a market will go through. BetterUp's leaders are navigating a crazy time in tech and are extremely transparent with the strategy needed to win and enablement around the behaviors at the team and individual level. The behavioral science applied to the culture is incredible. 0 bad things to say about BetterUp. Sometimes people think that it's a place to chill because it's a mental health company and forget it's a start up. Don't go to BetterUp if you want to coast. This place is about growth which is a beautiful and hard thing. It's hard work but so is every startup and it's so worth it. Honestly, the amount of psychological support, coaching, and learning that BetterUp provides is second to none. BetterUp is a place for those with a work ethic, low-ego, and are stimulated by problem solving. Alexi and Eddie are great founders. Incredible Recruiting team led by Ryan Weber who is a phenomenal leader.