Paperless Post reviews

The Leadership and mid level management leaves a lot to be desired. This is partially because this is the first time in their lives that they have had to manage someone else. There is an overall lack of communication and transparency between teams, lack of knowledge of the actual product (outside of the project they are currently working on) among employees, and a lot of people are bored due to lack of growth/mentorship from leaders at the company. The management is by far the biggest weakness at the company, which is concerning since this should be our foundation. New employees do not have someone that they can look up to who has had true experience in a leadership role.

There was a little rain cloud in the office following a bunch of changes in May, including layoffs and new reporting structures. While that is rough, I've seen reorgs many times... but this is the first time I've seen a CEO call everyone into a meeting, and emotionally & transparently give an explanation of why decisions were made, and then present an optimistic plan going forward with the financial info to back it up. They should have had a firmer re-org plan, particularly for the tech re-org. I know some people took the layoffs hard, which is what happens when you really like your coworkers. I see some backlash here on Glassdoor, which reads like vendettas of people who were let go as part of the layoffs (again, something I've seen many times). It's totally understandable to feel resentment towards the C-team especially when you've lost your job, or lost friends at your job. I have respect for the members of the team I've worked with, though certainly no C-team is perfect and this is a natural time to see their flaws (and hopefully they will take this opportunity for growth as good managers and strategy leaders). There has been a bit of learning and reflection here since May and company strategy is becoming more focused. Overall, things are moving forward again and many of us are looking forward to the future.