Horrible leadership, don’t be fooled. - Anonymous employee Instawork Employee Review

1.0
Mar 22, 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Catered lunch 1x/week. Laptops. Co-workers are great.

Cons

Leadership really has no idea what being a leader means. Managers (and higher-ups) are not supportive, communicative, or there for your development unless you are one of their favorites. Lots of bullying and manipulation. Never felt like I was valued. Miserable work environment having to deal with the shadiness, lack of equality, and harassment.

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Instawork Response
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Thanks for taking the time to leave this review. I'm sorry that you didn't have a good experience during your time here. You joined while we were growing very rapidly, and constant change and evolving policies came with that growth. Like many companies, COVID greatly affected us and we had to make unpopular decisions to part ways with colleagues in order to stay solvent as a company. We try to overcommunicate as much as we can to help team members understand why difficult decisions need to be made even if they were unpopular. We've all learned a lot since COVID and have taken your feedback seriously. We're very focused on building sustainable growth and have in the last few months made some great strides to encourage work/life balance across all teams. Thanks again for taking the time to leave this review and we wish you the best in your career."

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