Great people, great leader, the rest is... - Anonymous employee Fluxx Employee Review

2.0
Nov 16, 2018
Anonymous employee
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Pros

1.) Great people to work work with. 2.) the CEO is fantastic! She really is a beacon of hope and a genuinely amazing person. Its sucks that everything else overshadows this aspect. 3.) Kombucha and cold brew on tap

Cons

1.) Product. Honestly its horribly designed and hard to get users engaged. Anyone that isn’t an engineer or pm can tell you how to make it better. 2.) Leadership. Some folks are natural manager and some really aren’t. Plain and simple. 3.) Cliques. Older Fluxxers are more inclined for promotions and awards vs newer Fluxxers. Lots of biased toward people who are “it” very those that aren’t. This isn’t high school anymore... 4.) Work Hours for some teams. Before anyone says “Well its a startup” sure, but working till 1-3am isn’t what people signup for... 5.) Clientele. Honestly, if your passion isn’t in foundations and non profits OR have worked in thar space, don’t bother. 6.) Everything else. Lots of mis-management, incorrect vision, ways to downplay you, no progression on career, passive aggressive tendencies by bad managers...etc

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Fluxx Response
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Thank you for the feedback. We are very much focused on improving the usability as our goal is to not just solve their problems, but delight the customer as well. We will continue to work in this area and have recently hired a UX person to lead that charge. We are also hiring from the sector and will continue to do so. Please tay tuned for an upcoming announcement to lead Support and Customer Success that does just that. As for management training, we have done some in 2018 and will continue to invest in this area going forward. I really appreciate your feedback and would be happy to talk further if you have other ideas, feedback to share. Thank you again. Madeline

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