Beautiful product and big opportunity ahead - Anonymous employee Paperless Post Employee Review

5.0
May 19, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- elegant designs and interesting partnerships - loyal customers/users - values self-expression both for users and employees - work life balance, especially compared to other NY startups - recognizing flaws and looking to fix them - shifting to going back to the "startup" days with more working across teams (vs. in silos) - new focus will allow for bigger opportunities for both the product/platform and the employees - leadership has become open to more feedback and have been asking for it more frequently and from all employees

Cons

- going through major changes right now, in strategy and structure, which can feel confusing at times and lead to some anxiety - recent layoff led to a morale dip, and we are trying to start the new chapter with greater alignment but won't be an easy shift, especially given the family feel of the culture - product and engineering haven't worked smoothly in the past with other teams but moving towards working together better

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Cons

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