Concerning at best - People Operations Chipper Cash Employee Review

1.0
12 Feb 2023
Recommend
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Pros

The team I work on is great

Cons

Under current leadership, this company is not going to survive. Executives are inexperienced and do not lead with a people first approach. They stretch the truth to attempt to win awards, but read the reviews--It is not great working here. There is zero job security and managers will throw you under the bus quickly in order to save themselves. I have never experienced such selfish and immoral leadership. They recently dropped a core value that was "Lead with empathy" which I guess is fair because they absolutely do not. They stripped bonuses, pay raises, cost of living adjustments, and promotions this year and they laid off a large portion of the work force, leaving more work with less pay, especially given the increase in cost of living. Meanwhile the execs live in multimillion dollar estates and travel needlessly "for work." They also hired under the guise of remote first, but they are starting to call people to work in the office so this is not a remote first company. There has been a layoff of some sort every 60ish days for the last 6 months. You can be hired today and laid off next week-- it has happened which is incredibly concerning and alarming when you think of their money management practices.

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Thank you for taking the time to write this review. We appreciate your honesty and are always looking to improve our culture to build a better Chipper, so thank you for the detailed feedback.

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