Be forewarned - Anonymous employee Kendo Employee Review

2.0
Jul 12, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-can learn a lot in first few months because you’re literally thrown into your role but this eventually hits a wall as you realize you don’t have support of others to build up - free product - free la croix - u can say you have worked for lvmh

Cons

Although Kendo houses some great brands and is becoming a bigger, more relevant player in industry, company has a ways to go in terms of developing its people, teams and leadership abilities of senior managers. Managers here are not managers- they’re literally just cranking:pushing stuff through for business and therefore, teams and people development is not a focus. This is fine to get name on your resume and learn about industry. But not great for long term growth. Short stint and high turnover speaks to this. Most disappointing is how: a) HR is boosting LinkedIn marketing with false advertising and without addressing problems reviews here bring up about company culture B) lack of accountability for managers to track team progress and mentoring/development C) there’s so much passive aggressive behavior and defensiveness here; people, you need to be collaborative and work with/not against each other!!

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Kendo Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share this constructive feedback. We are in process of improving our on boarding experience and piloting different learning and development programs. We wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors.

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