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      Velir Studios reviews

      3.0

      49% would recommend to a friend

      (73 total reviews)

      Dave Valliere

      60% approve of CEO

      33% positive business outlook

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      Velir Studios has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 73 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Velir Studios employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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      73 reviews
      4.0
      Jun 20, 2018

      Great Dev Shop

      Senior software developer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Great atmosphere in the office - Good location in Davis Square - Intelligent and hard working peers - Great place to learn development best practices - Flexible schedule - Decent benefits and perks - Good work life balance on most projects

      Cons

      - Frequent project under-estimation. Estimation is more based on what clients want to hear rather than actual scope and real data - Some departments (QA and BSAs especially) are under-staffed leading to severely over-worked employees on some projects - Work experiences can be very different depending on the project you're working on

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      Velir Studios Response
      8y
      Thanks for your review! We are so glad you had a positive experience as a Velir employee. We appreciate your advice; the senior management is in the process of making several changes to our estimation, contracting and staffing to ensure that all projects are staffed appropriately, are profitable and we maintain work life balance.
      2.0
      May 24, 2018

      Significant negatives and revolving door staff outweigh few positives

      Senior individual contributor
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      -Nice, regular mix of company sponsored outings, events, trips & activities - Most individual contributors are smart, passionate, down-to-earth people - Good work/life balance which tends to be uncommon among agency life with some work from home flexibility - Good benefits and vacation

      Cons

      - Inexperienced and inconsistent C-level management with a total lack of real leadership poise/presence; results in poor decision-making on a regular basis - Perpetually changing organizational structure (mostly within Operations) - CEO should probably be CFO; focuses heavily on financial nitpicking to a fault and is unable to extract himself from granular day-to-day operational and finance responsibilities - Promotions can be difficult, unless you're one of the favorites or you're fortunate enough to be assigned to a highly visible client with a hugely successful project - Pretty much every single project that comes in as new business is under-budgeted, under-staffed, over-promised with an unrealistic timeline in order to win clients/projects; Project and account teams are regularly setup for failure from day 1 - Inconsistent and seemingly "dartboard throw" determination of revenue targets which drive end-of-year bonuses; Communication regarding tracking against financial goals is basically smoke and mirrors, actual company performance is anyone's guess until the numbers are all final at year end. - Below market salary and compensation, particularly in non-senior roles - Lack of cultural diversity within management - Incredibly high turnover rate within the last 2-3 years, seemingly accelerating. At the management level alone: COO, CSO and several VP positions have fled over the past 18 months - Obsessed with internal organizational and financial perception, resulting in complete lack of transparency - Lack of accountability (though this is improving)

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      Velir Studios Response
      8y
      Thank you for taking the time to write this review. It covers a number of things and we appreciate your effort to provide us with honest feedback on your experience here. Admittedly, the review was tough to read. In part because there are certain areas that you called out (leadership, the estimation process, etc.) that we have already recognized as needing improvement and are working hard to change, but also, because we never want anyone’s experience at Velir to be this way. We have invested heavily in several strategic hires in leadership (with a powerful depth of experience in the agency space) in the past few months, and expect these investments to result in impactful change across the company over the coming months and years. We are also focusing strongly on continuing to refine our operations and estimation abilities, and are confident that these changes will better set our teams up for success moving forward. We are glad you find your colleagues to be smart, passionate, and down-to-earth people, and also that you enjoy our benefits, work/life balance, and the events we work hard to plan for everyone. We will continue to enhance these offerings to ensure they meet the needs of all our employees. We are doing our best to run a thriving, profitable, independent agency that also maintains the unique cultural attributes that make us Velir. We will incorporate your feedback into our process of making positive change and will continue to focus on how we can improve our environment so that you or others don’t have similar experiences in the future. If you would like to discuss this further, please don’t hesitate to contact our People Operations team (po@velir.com) or your manager.
      4.0
      Apr 5, 2018

      Positive Change

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Smart, creative, fun, supportive colleagues who prefer to collaborate toward better outcomes. Variety of clients and ability to move off projects over time. Fun perks. Great location and office space. Life flexibility.

      Cons

      A lot of change is happening quickly to evolve the organization and there are blurry lines as things take shape and get finalized - at this time, it's a great place for someone who likes to make an impact on how an organization develops but a less good place for someone who likes establishment and clarity. The organization has had a lot of challenges with resourcing and budgeting issues and is still too shy to negotiate with clients. There's some lack of trust in management right now but management is being responsive to this and staff take note.

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      Velir Studios Response
      8y
      Thank you for your review! We’re so happy to know you enjoy working at Velir. As you mentioned, we are certainly evolving and expanding some of our capabilities which comes with both a lot of excitement but also some growing pains. However, we’re glad you see management being responsive and encourage you to continue to share your thoughts and ideas with your manager.
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