Do Not Work Here - Anonymous employee PAPER Employee Review

1.0
Nov 22, 2023
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Wonderful Mission Remote Work Great colleagues at the individual contribute level Great Maternity Leave

Cons

Too many to really articulate, even the pros listed above are hard reaches. Constant layoffs to allow for years of runway, turn into additional layoffs a few months later due to poor upper leadership, with no regard to those left behind and the students and schools that are most often left hanging without the support they need. Lay offs often followed by hiring of under-qualified over-paid executive level roles . Lack of diversity and values. I stated maternity leave is wonderful above if you're lucky enough to take it. In my time there most new parents we're laid off just days before their leave was to start while others we're let go during their leave. Remote work, amazing but pay, training and Senior Leadership make it exponentially more difficult to be remote and successful. AMAZING colleagues at your level, anyone at management/director level that is still left provide no support, transparency or security.. at the Senior and C-Suite level, forget about it. SLT and above are so disorganized, mismanaged and shady. It truly is an art form to how bad they are at all of this and running a successful company. CEO Phil has pretty words (most likely canned from Open AI and decent delivery, which has allowed Paper to squeak by for so long.

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Pros

Real remote flexibility here. They are embracing the technology we have to ensure our work life balance remains a high priority. You're trusted to manage your own time and get the job done without constant oversight. The bigger story though is the turnaround over the last year and a half. The new leadership has turned the ship around... before it fell off the map. The mission is clear now, and there's real room to help shape how we get there rather than crossing our fingers, closing our eyes, and hoping for the least worst.

Cons

Leadership communication is where things fall a bit short. We get the monthly all-hands and then... radio silence. I get it, priorities compete and there's a lot on their plate. But when the crew is the one actually rowing the boat, it helps to hear from the captain more than once a month. The occasional engagement via Slack, a little more visibility in between the big meetings would go a long way toward keeping everyone rowing in the same direction. We're all in this together - it's helpful to be reminded why a bit more often.

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