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Oh the times they are achanging - Anonymous employee Mindbody Employee Review

1.0
Jan 8, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

flexible hours and wellness bucks

Cons

Pay is just terrible. I'm sure HR will respond to his post saying something like "pay is appropriate for our region" but that it just BS. The majority of my coworkers at MINDBODY struggle to make ends meet, let alone live in SLO proper. If you work at MINDBODY, you'll likely have to commute 1-1.5 hours a day because SLO is unaffordable with a MINDBODY wage. Upper management is in a state of chaos. New blood from LA and SF are swarming in, ignoring the culture established, firing those they disagree with, and enacting changes that are making MINDBODY like every other tech company. The worst part is our CEO is two sided. He tells employees nothing will change after IPO, we'll keep our culture, we won't answer to wall street. Then in other venues, actions, and initiatives it seems his only focus is to drive up our stock price, fill the departments with outside talent (NOT PROMOTING FROM WITHIN) and drive our poor developers into the ground pushing out new products our customers don't want.

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Mindbody Response
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Thanks for your feedback! I completely understand and hear your concern about the company direction and culture, as we’ve reached new heights of growth, development, and achievement in recent years. During all this, there has been natural change as we’ve been continuing to seek improvements for our clients, processes, and teams. We embrace change here as part of our values because we humbly recognize that we can always improve upon the products and services that we provide to our clients. Our team members are our most valuable asset, and we have and always will provide opportunities for our team members to grow within the company through development plans. While compensation here differs from that of other areas such as the Bay Area and LA, our benefits are in place to supplement a healthy work-life balance with medical, dental, and vision plans, available amenities on and off site, and market researched wages. We encourage you to reach out to your business partner and/or manager to help address any additional concerns you may have.

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