Toxic, sinking ship of a once big tech platform - Anonymous employee Viber Employee Review

2.0
Dec 17, 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Good benefits and salary as part of Rakuten - Interesting work as part of a platform - Insight into interesting markets where Viber is still big

Cons

- Future employee beware! Toxic management, plenty of politics - No clear direction, bosses simply push goals downwards to rank and file - Reflected in product development, how many sticker packs can staff push as an 'exciting new feature'? Either engineering has no guts to make strong bets, or lack technical ability to execute, either of which doesn't bode well for the company - Middle managers are 'king' of their own region domain, rampant favoritism - Zero strategy, Viber was expected to consolidate Rakuten's digital assets but is nowhere near that goal years on

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Viber Response
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We would like to thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We are sorry about your experience while working at Viber. The best way for us to learn and improve is from your constructive feedback. We are taking your feedback and addressing all the places we missed in delivering a great experience for you. We conduct yearly surveys for our employees, and we take the results very seriously in order to check where and how we can improve. Again, thank you for your insight. It helps us make Viber a better company for everyone. Wishing you all the best in your career.

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