Pros
Truly nothing beneficial about working at Velocity Global itself. The industry & ecosystem in which it operates is interesting, and there's a lot of growth in the category, but VG is absolutely not the place to experience it.
Cons
After spending the past three years of my life here, I am incredibly relieved to be leaving (on my own volition) the unmitigated, professional disaster that is Velocity Global. At the time of my departure, I can confirm that a significant segment of the company is deeply unengaged, disgusted by leadership decisions, and uninterested in continuing their careers at this soul-crushing place. If you are considering joining Velocity Global, I would highly, highly recommend against it for the sake of your own professional and mental wellbeing. During my time at Velocity Global, I witnessed a total self-implosion of the organization, created largely by a complete disregard of employee wellbeing. The employee attrition rates are higher than you could possibly imagine for a company that has operated since 2014. I really do believe that this collapse has been the result of a very deliberate and methodical shift in priorities. The company has very intentionally moved away from a long-term, sustainable growth strategy, and instead shifted toward a reactive, perfunctory, fear-based strategy to squeeze as much juice out of the company in the short term as possible. In the course of the past year or so, I have witnessed the organization become grappled by a paranoid fear of competitors, lose all sense of cohesion between teams, and become an unbelievably disorganized, chaotic, fear-based slaughterhouse for hardworking and dedicated professionals. To the leadership of this company, employees are a completely expendable resource, and really just another cost item to eliminate from budget sheets. Both human capital and strategy at Velocity Global turn over at nauseating rates. It’s unclear if this is due to a lack of business acumen or just overwhelming levels of indifference from senior leadership. I witnessed the internal HR team make arbitrary but life-altering decisions with entire teams of talented, experienced contributors, poorly disguised in the name of “transformation.” I saw an entire, critical team eliminated in 2023, only to have leadership realize that in 2024 this team was in fact needed and is now being reestablished with new hires. It’s truly unbelievable. It’s like living in some kind of sick, twisted reality TV show. Leadership is condescending, shockingly inconsiderate, and deeply out of touch with the basic functions of the business and the industry in which it competes. It’s almost impossible to imagine a senior leadership group like what Velocity Global has: a group of people who lack a basic understanding of how the company or its industry operate, have no real understanding who our ideal customers are, and have no skill or interest in developing and coaching people to be successful. Unsurprisingly, this has created a myriad of major business problems for the organization. Unfortunately, my sentiment is not an outlier — it is the norm, and pervasive throughout multiple teams at the company. Take a look at the 1-star reviews that continue to accumulate here, as well as the historical review trend line on Glassdoor. It’s not hard to connect the dots. This has become a mentally destructive, professionally destructive, and personally destructive place to work. Avoid at all costs. One star is far, far too high of a rating for this repulsive organization.