Please read the review from Jan 3 about lack of intergrity - Anonymous employee Chipper Cash Employee Review

1.0
11 Jan 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The review from January 3 is spot on, kudos to whomever wrote it!

Cons

So many cons! My time at Chipper had me questioning my own life, worth, and value. I was treated poorly by my manager, isolated, and then accused of being incompetent and aggressive. When I had proof of my work and value, nothing came of it. The management is HORRIBLE. I cannot express this enough. Many of the managers have been hand picked without applying for their jobs, creating favoritism and lack of team trust and building. My manager specifically got their job through nepotism and then hired those they knew. Keeping them covered from scrutiny. All I asked is for honest feedback, I never got it. Was never trained or included in meetings. I was pushed out because they were ‘not comfortable’ with me and never took time to include me in anything. That is not a leader, yet this person is still employed. That is the complete opposite of what this company claims to be. It is easy to get fanfare when you know your boss personally and you know your subordinates personally. This company is burning through money and not doing proper due diligence to stay afloat. I am glad I am gone but my time there made me physically ill. I have never experienced such a negative work environment and I wasn’t even in an office.

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Chipper Cash Response
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We are so very sorry to read your review. We want Chipper to be a great place to work, one that provides a supportive environment where team members get to work on bold challenges to positively impact our customers both inside #teamChipper and on the continent. From reading your review, we clearly did not live up to this. We appreciate your honesty and will share your feedback with our leadership and People teams as we build Chipper for the future.

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