Pros
- Product - CEO, product, design, data science and engineering teams continue to devote an immense amount of time, energy and resources to iterate on an intuitive, groundbreaking tool that is revolutionizing the CRE data space. The R&D team also spends an enormous amount of time generating feedback from clients and/or 3rd party perspectives to ensure the future features, data sources and/or functionality are going to be applicable for our current and future customers. - GTM strategy - Over the last 10-12 months there has been an emphasis on moving up-market and selling to Enterprise and Mid-Market customers. There is clear alignment across marketing, sales and client success with the goal of creating value and educating our current and/or potential customers leading to a mutually beneficial, long-term relationship. - Senior leadership team - CEO has implemented clear, unified strategic themes across all of the departments. This group consistently stresses the importance of educating and creating transparency across the organization through informative town halls, open forums for employees to ask questions, anonymous feedback surveys, office hours with exec team members, etc. - People team - This team has gone above and beyond for the well-being of their employees - Headspace subscription, informative lunch and learns, generous home office stipend for remote employees, transparent career leveling & laddering, etc. They are constantly thinking outside the box about the favorable and challenging aspects of a WFH setting. They have also put a major emphasis on Reonomy’s diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. - Work life balance - The company has implemented strategies such as the 1st Friday off of each month to ensure employees are not feeling “burnt out, “ there is also an unlimited PTO policy and encouragement from management to take time off. - Core values - Grit, ownership, integrity, humility & being results driven are constantly being displayed by each and every Reonomist in their day to day actions.
Cons
- COVID-19 - The company had to take a hard look in the mirror and evaluate every aspect of the business. There were difficult, but necessary changes that were made across the business in order to ensure the longevity of the organization and to ensure that Reonomy becomes a company of consequence. - Typical WFH challenges - Can be difficult to facilitate cross-functional interactions, Zoom fatigue, etc.