Sad decline of a once great business - werkgeversreview Anonieme werknemer bij Tails.com

2,0
1 jun 2024
Anonieme werknemer
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Goedkeuring directeur
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Pluspunten

- Substantial benefits for parents (extended paid parental leave, 9-day fortnight, flexible working, lots of remote). - The business operates in a solid market. Therefore, it’s likely to be commercially reasonably successful despite the lack of experienced leadership. - For now, there are still loads of great people left who really care about the product and the customers, but they’re dropping like flies. - Communication has been a massive problem for years now, but in all fairness, it’s recently gotten to an average level of quality in some respects, which is nice.

Minpunten

Unfortunately, this section would have been relatively empty three years ago, but now… Many other reviews have already called out the main problems around here, and I can confirm all of them, but here’s “my selection”: - Leadership: Ever since the original founders left, there has been a stark decline in professionalism at the top. Nothing makes sense anymore. The chiefs are so far removed from the employees that they can’t see how many people are disgruntled, frustrated, and sad about the company’s state. - Performance management involves promotions for people who know how to talk, and below-inflation pay reviews for those who carry the company, not to mention prevalent nepotism. - Org chart: The reporting lines are random and a constant joke across various seniority levels throughout the business. - Consultants: tails.com loves to spend money on external consultants that provide absolutely zero value, some of which have a negative effect.

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5,0
11 okt 2022
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Pluspunten

- Great team values - Clear / shared vision - Calibre of employees

Minpunten

Things can move quickly - make sure you can keep up!

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Great to see such a positive review from a Pack member who has been through so many stages of change at tails.com. Thank you so much for taking the time for your review. Many thanks, Henrik Head of People
3,0
20 feb 2026
Aanbevelen
Goedkeuring directeur
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Pluspunten

- exposure to the end to end process of a wide range of project types - full autonomy - if you have entrepreneurial spirit, there’s a lot to implement which is really rewarding - nice people and a generally pleasant day to environment - competitive hybrid working set up. 2 days in office, 3 days at home - compelling mission and rebrand underway - ability to operate at a more senior level than your stated title and pay grade

Minpunten

- you hit a glass ceiling very quickly - the company is still transitioning between a lackadaisical culture and trying to do everything, resulting in a small group of people taking the brunt of a huge workload while others deflect responsibility - some well meaning managers & leaders but some very toxic and chaotic ones dictating projects - the beginnings of a gate process to ensure resource is pointed but then saying yes to every one of them without thinking it though, drowning their direct reports and pointing the finger when things go wrong - increasing redundancies and running leaner and leaner teams, while increasing the workload, is wholly unrealistic - leadership aren’t checking if redundancies are leaving gaps in responsibility, resulting in critical work streams being dropped and creating tension among project teams around who should pick it up

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