The 3 R's of Refine Labs - Reduce Headcount, Restructure The Company, Repeat - werkgeversreview Anonieme werknemer bij Refine Labs

1,0
12 dec 2022
Anonieme werknemer
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Pluspunten

- Some of the best and brightest minds in the B2B space worked here - The core employees are down to earth, humble and love what they do - HUGE emphasis on DEI that really shines - Opportunity to foster meaningful and fulfilling client relationships - Great pay

Minpunten

- They pulled some real Ebenezer Scrooge shi*t and fired almost 20% of their staff 3 weeks before Christmas - They have laid off 40% of their total staff since summer of 2022 due to miscalculated financial projections, continuous restructuring and overall mismanagement - New restructuring of the company, new process or some sort of change to the business every 2-4 weeks - Upper management does not communicate anything to employees and it is all kept very hush hush until the last moment, then followed up with no explanation - I am writing this review as a cautionary tale to those who want stability in their jobs, because you will not find it here

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Thank you for sharing your work experience at Refine Labs. It's important to the leadership team that we listen to feedback from our alums and current employees as a key input to improve the employee experience. We take your feedback seriously and we are actively addressing some of these key areas of improvement. Thank you for all your contributions to Refine Labs. We are grateful to all our current and past team members and all the feedback provided so we can learn from mistakes and continue to improve.

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5,0
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Great coworkers who are great to work with and really care about doing a good job. Leadership honestly cares about the employees.

Minpunten

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3,0
16 dec 2025
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Pluspunten

Colleagues are incredibly smart, capable professionals. Agency has positive professed values/goals and some benefits, such as unlimited PTO, that align with stated values. Generally quality of clients is strong, through client retention is...inconsistent.

Minpunten

Refine Labs was founded as an incredibly ego-centric agency. There is still an ego-centric culture that is built around self-promotion (and promotion of favored colleagues), rather than a healthy collaborative or even truly merit-based culture. If you're not a self-promoter, you're success and progress in the agency will be very limited. There has also been a lot of instability in mid-management roles, which signals challenges of vision and hiring at this level, which filters down to success of "individual contributors." Salaries may be competitive at time of higher, but fail to keep up with inflation outside of promotion, but organization is relatively flat and offers little room for professional growth, which contributes to employee retention problems.

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