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      Planday

      Part of Xero

      Engaged Employer

      Planday reviews

      3.5

      52% would recommend to a friend

      (101 total reviews)

      Dave Lee

      88% approve of CEO

      42% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.7

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.6

      Work/Life balance

      3.3

      Culture & values

      3.2

      Compensation and benefits

      3.2

      Career opportunities

      2.9

      Senior management

      Planday has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 101 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Planday employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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      Reviews by job title

      101 reviews
      1.0
      Apr 10, 2023

      Leaky Ship

      Communications manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Not many positives come to mind except for a few individual colleagues.

      Cons

      Beware when one hears that a company has transitioned from start-up to scale-up. Shedding one's start-up scales does not automatically guarantee that a company will suddenly become more professional; in fact, it might mean the opposite. Planday is no exception. Planday is a rudderless ship whose leadership team fails to lead or set a strategic direction. Still, it is also a company that grossly misuses its resources while wasting the talent of individuals who are eventually discarded without ever having been set up for success in the first place. Comforted by its so-called Danish "flat hierarchy" model and empty set of values that spell out SAUCE (seriously?), I would say my experience at Planday met all the expectations of working for a company that thinks snacks and Friday bar can hide the fact that they are a sham and a colossal waste of your precious professional time and integrity.

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      Planday Response
      3y
      Hi, thank you very much for taking the time to review Planday. We appreciate it, even though we are sad to hear that you did not have a positive experience. We understand that it can be frustrating when a company develops quickly. Regarding our flat hierarchy and values, we believe that they are an essential part of our company culture and help us create a positive work environment for all employees. However, we understand that not everyone may share the same view, and we respect your opinion in this regard. If interested, we would be happy to reconnect to further discuss your experience and how we can improve. Feel free to reach out to us directly (afi@planday.com). Thank you, Birgitte
      3.0
      Aug 7, 2023

      A pleasant evening company that is deteriorating rapidly

      Senior software developer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Very good life-work balance Sometimes fun events Great office location

      Cons

      Salary is not the best Used to have lots of social events, Friday bar etc. But It's not a thing anymore Lack of transparency from upper management Slowly becoming very corporate Issues in our work processes are acknowledged, but then nothing is really done to change them

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      Planday Response
      2y
      Hi Plandayer, thank you very much for taking the time to rate our company. We are glad to hear that you enjoy the work-life-balance and our office. We are sorry to hear though, that you are missing transparency from our leadership team, and feel like changes are not driven forward. Our Leadership Team is working continuously on creating more regular communications across multiple channels, to make sure everyone is updated on strategy, priorities and challenges. If you would have some feedback on how we could improve the communication, please always feel free to reach out either to your manager or to the People Experience Team. We also understand that there is a need to change certain work processes. Some of these changes might take more time, due to impact on multiple teams and areas. However, we are interested to hear your thoughts on how we could improve here as well, so please feel free to reach out if you have feedback or suggestions on changes and processes. Thanks again,
      3.0
      Jul 8, 2020

      A complete culture switch

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Amazing colleagues overall - Social atmosphere in the two main offices (Copenhagen & London) - Cool new office spaces - Relatively flat hierarchy with quite a lot of room for ideas and propositions - Opportunity to work with inspiring passionate people who really love what they're doing - Opportunity to travel to the various offices quite often - Good work/life balance overall

      Cons

      - The culture, which was one of Planday's best assets, has recently become quite bad. The new CRO is placing all of his ex co-workers in strategic positions and bringing a toxic "US corporate broey" culture to the company which has a real impact on the atmosphere in the offices. A few long time valued employees have left recently as a result - The company's strategy keeps changing and is quite unclear, leading to misunderstandings, weariness, lack of motivation and trust from the employees - Management is inexistent in some departments, you rarely get the opportunity to learn from someone above you, and if something is wrong you will most likely know it when they fire you - They've let go of loads of competent people in various departments in the past 3 months with very little to no transparency, and most of these people were never given the chance to improve, or even given an honest explanation - The CEO is a nice and quite transparent guy, but he has a tendency to put of all his trust in one or two C-level individuals without questioning the impact of their decisions/behaviors on the employees, which contributes to the recent toxic culture - The product has become better in the past few months, but it's still miles away from the competition

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