Working for Whoop was the worst experience of my career so far and a huge learning lesson to do better due diligence when deciding on an employer. I felt like in the interview process I was very very transparent with what my capabilities were and work experience was. I went through 5 interviews, 2 assessments and a take home test. After all of this Whoop made it very clear that they wanted me and even offered me a higher salary to sign same day (red flag #1). During the interview process it seemed like a very pleasant place to work and they seemed to love me. Once I joined, however, this was very soon not the case. Many of my coworkers were pretentious and not willing to help new employees adjust to their new position. Not one person in the office was friendly or tried to make me feel welcomed. The work load was unreasonable. I was brought on, given 0 onboarding or orientation to the company, and expected to set-up and orient myself by using a dated google slide deck for 3 hours and then was thrown into my a big project on my first day. I had well over 40 hours of work per week, and had to meet ridiculous expectations with the very little resources and enablement I was given. The director of my team was an extremely rude, unapproachable, and condescending individual who belittles their employees. This says a lot about company culture considering they have been with Whoop for 7+ years, and this same sentiment is shared by much of the leadership based on what I experienced. I constantly felt micro-managed and untrusted by the business which severely hampered my work. I was also barely given access and permissions to the resources I needed to do my job. When working with collaborating with employees who I did not even report to, it felt like they went out of their way to let me know how stupid I was and that nothing I did was up to their standards, and that they could do my job better than me. Lastly, the overall vibe I got was that it was a "boys club" that does not cater to employees who are not straight, white, male, or ivy educated. I felt taken advantage of, and left the company extremely depressed. I have never had a job affect my mental health so negatively the way that working at Whoop did (which is a little ironic considering they are a company in the health fitness and wellness space).
