Love it here! - Chief Sales Officer Vital Farms Employee Review

5.0
Mar 25, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I joined 5 months ago and have honestly enjoyed every minute! The culture, the people, the mission all motivate me everyday. It's very rare when diverse perspectives are appreciated and the entire organization is committed to fulfilling our mission of bringing sustainable, ethically raised food to every table in the country.

Cons

We're growing faster than some systems can accommodate. I genuinely believe this is a growing pain and senior leadership is moving as fast as possible to improve technology, add resources to address the challenge.

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Vital Farms Response
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We love having you here! We get to better answers by sitting at the same side of the table and by listening to diverse perspectives. We appreciate your dedication to our work and bringing even more ethically produced food to tables around the US! We're humbled to be growing as quickly as we are, but that means our ways of working need to change to accommodate the shift. We've implemented new tools as a direct result of crew feedback (Hello, Microsoft Teams!) and shaped our return to the office plan, too (Did someone say renovate the office into a co-working space?). We know that we're in this together, so keep the feedback coming!

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Cons

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Pros

On the positive side, you’ll meet a lot of great people throughout the company. The flexible time off is appreciated and helps with work-life balance. The quarterly perks and discounts on company products are also a nice benefit for employees.

Cons

There are several concerns when it comes to leadership and company culture. There seems to be a major disconnect between employees, managers, and higher-level leadership, including some C-level executives. HR often appears to favor underperforming employees instead of holding them accountable, which can be frustrating for strong performers. There is also a noticeable lack of direction, consistency, and accountability among managers across multiple departments. While the company talks a lot about its values, those values do not always seem to apply equally at the Director, VP, and Chief levels. Leadership needs to address these issues and remove ineffective leaders before more hardworking and high-performing employees decide to leave for better opportunities elsewhere. Favoritism also appears to be a significant issue within the company culture. In some cases, underperforming employees or leaders are protected instead of being held accountable, which negatively impacts morale and trust across teams. There also seems to be a pattern of bringing in ineffective leaders from other companies whose management styles do not align with the company’s stated values, further contributing to cultural decline. If leadership wants to retain strong employees and improve the workplace environment, there needs to be a more honest evaluation of performance, accountability, and leadership effectiveness at every level of the organization.

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