Bad News Bears - Anonymous employee FareHarbor Employee Review

1.0
Dec 12, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Fine entry-level experience. You get a Mac for work. Lots of beer in the fridge. Great work-life balance. Probably the best 401K plan on the planet. (but you will have to work your whole life because you are paid so little. In all transparency, a good product with some good potential but could use some updates and features BADLY.

Cons

As you have likely read in other posts, FareHarbor does not pay anyone enough money. Everyone is poor. Which is fine if you are fresh out of college, but everyone else has a family to pay for. Do not come to this company if money or pay bumps or promotions are important to you. You will never be paid, not even if you sell your SOUL the software gods. Because of this, a lot of people don't work hard, which is fine because (admit it, management) that is part of the culture. There are so many people where I say "Wow, what could they possibly do all day". I am looking at anyone who does not support a core component of the business (Sales, OB, Integrations, Sites, AM, Customer Service). FareHarbor feels more like a social club than a job. That can be good but has mostly been bad. Most of the best people are leaving. I don't blame them. Just one last thing to note. If you come here, know that this is a temp job.

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FareHarbor Response
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Thank you for leaving a review. Firstly, we want to let you know that we hear you and value all of our employees’ feedback - it absolutely makes an impact and we appreciate you taking the time to write your thoughts. In regards to pay, we can assure you that at the end of 2019 we reviewed compensation and defined our pay structure as a company in-line with the local standards for each role. We see that you have a lot of other constructive feedback, too, and we want to make sure we’re hearing it properly and holistically, so we would encourage you to reach out to a member of our HR team to continue this conversation. Thank you again for leaving your review.

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