At SpotMe, you will discover the world, manage your own projects, work with a great team and progress quickly! You will make as well a lot of new contacts, have high responsibilities, work in a dynamic industry, manage multiple events at once and be creative.
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Work/life balance, long hours, stress, budget, lack of stability, you never know when something could go wrong.
Reactie van SpotMe
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Hi, Pierre here. Thank you for the feedback and the review.
Yes, we are experiencing tremendous growth and this is reflected by long hours and heavy workload. And I am very grateful for your contribution and for the sacrifices your are making.
It is my priority to keep scaling our company sustainably - e.g. by beefing up our internal support capabilities and ramping up hiring in our production teams - while providing new opportunities for talents.
Thank you and please keep sharing feedback!
Unsustainable Workload & Non-Existent Work-Life Balance: "Heavy workloads and long hours are expected regularly" is an understatement. As a customer support employee, you're constantly fighting fires, often for a product that feels "under developed" or "requires a PhD to be used properly". I frequently worked late nights and weekends, with little to no break during "busy seasons" (which felt like all the time). The company seems to have a "churn and burn" mentality with employees, operating under the impression that we won't stay more than a year or two anyway.
Lack of Management Support & High Turnover: There is no proper HR department to address employee concerns, and management is often described as "old-school and controlling". If you complain about being overwhelmed, you're likely to be "labeled as unable to handle the pressure and next in line for termination". The high turnover rate means you're constantly picking up the slack from those who have left, creating a vicious cycle of burnout.
Poor Internal Communication & "Culture of Fear": Communication between departments is terrible, with "department silos" creating a "blame game" when things go wrong. The CEO's management style fosters a "culture of fear," with some employees even mentioning "micro-managing and mental abuse" as a day-to-day occurrence. This creates an extremely uncomfortable and unprofessional office environment.
Product Issues: Supporting a product that isn't fully tested or user-friendly is incredibly frustrating. We often had to rely on "crappy workarounds" to help clients, which made the support process much harder than it needed to be.