Mission-driven working alongside genuinely decent, fun people - Anonymous employee Vital Farms Employee Review

5.0
Mar 25, 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The best reasons to work at Vital Farms are your colleagues, the mission, and feedback from customers, friends, and family when they try (and love) the product. Vital Farms has also put a lot of resources behind making sure its employees are cared for during this year when many have worked from home.

Cons

The hardest part about working at Vital Farms is the growing pains. Trying to build and refine systems/processes while keeping up with tremendous growth can be challenging at times. I'm confident this will improve over time.

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Vital Farms Response
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We think our crew is the best part about Vital Farms, too! Together, we're working to improve the lives of people, animals, and planet through food. Thank you for keeping this top of mind every day and creating raving fans around the country! We're so grateful to you for helping us navigate this past year of change. From a pandemic, to a fast-growing team, new product launches, and an IPO - We couldn't have done it without our incredible team! Keep sharing your feedback with us as we build new processes to support our scaling organization and implement new tools to make life easier on crew. Our "doors" are always open!

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Pros

Consistent schedule and work life balance

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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