Honestly, I have so much to say here that I don't even know where to start. I've had my share of good days and [many more] bad days, and I think you can take note of how I'm being treated here as indication of how you may be treated as well. Anyway, let's get to it.
If you enjoy feeling like you're completely disposable, then maybe OfferUp is the right place for you! There used to be a time where that wasn't the case; I walked in every day feeling like the work I was doing made an impact, and I felt truly excited. Now, it's become just another job run by politics and some senior management that, without much experience, landed the job when we were a very small startup. OfferUp visibly prefers the opinions of management over the concerns of normal employees, and while they might seem to listen to you, your opinions will go in one ear and out the other. Cool.
Hiring is crazy right now and has been for a while. We will see anywhere from two to eight new hires each week. That's awesome, except there was a previous review that stated how OfferUp would prefer to hire than promote, and while this might be different for certain teams, it is 100% true on my team unfortunately (I'll at least tell you it's a big team). Really, what a great way to motivate your team!
OfferUp prides themselves in having a flexible schedule and great work/life balance, but that's actually a massive lie. This is one of those things that used to be great, but with such a huge cultural change with all of the new hires and management, you're basically expected to overwork yourself and nothing less.
Let's get back to senior management and execs. I have not a single clue what [some of] these people do during the day. Lots of us feel completely out of the loop with where the company is going, and while they pride themselves in being transparent (and it definitely felt that way a year and a half ago), it is unfortunately the complete opposite of that now. From a product standpoint, you would think that we would like to work on some features that our users are asking for, at least to some extent, right? Wrong. Someone in senior management whose voice somewhat matters to the company decided they had a good idea and now we just do it. To further show how little power you get in your position, I've seen and heard some designers not even have a say when it comes to design/UX. That's literally their job. From what I can tell, we always seem to go for the "easiest and quickest" solution, which isn't alway the right solution, and that's just no fun for anyone. I quite literally am not very proud of a lot of the work we do.
I don't entirely have much good to say about HR. We fill out an employee satisfaction survey every year and they get a clear answer on what the employees are asking for in terms of change and what will help us have a better work environment, and we're promised thing will change, and they never do. Never. I will say that there's like two employees on that team who are always willing to drop what they're doing to help you out, so thanks for that.
There's probably so much I've left out, and it's so sad to see OfferUp go down the path it has. If things don't get any better, I can't say I'll want to stick around much longer. Here's to hoping we get acquired! (Isn't that sad?)
