Pros
Flexible PTO, every other Friday off. Free Udemy access for learning, virtual experiences and meditation. Free Headspace for life.
Cons
Very poor leadership, especially in the c-suite. During the latest round of layoffs, the only exec who was let go was the chief people officer. Really? The people department is the problem? They also let a ton of therapists go, making their clients feel abandoned, which was reported in the LA times. So mind-bogglingly dumb, as Headspace is attempting to scale up the care side to offer more services on the platform. Where is the accountability for the poor forecasting? Missed sales targets? CFO Sean Brecker has been around too long and seems to skate by, despite mis-forecasting year after year. CEO Russ Glass went on a long "boat trip" vacation to Costa Rica two days after the layoffs in June - totally tone deaf. The employees are a mix of kind, supportive and talented newer people versus the entitled, need for emotional baby-sitting legacy employees who complain about everything. One employee asked in an all hands why we were carrying almond milk in the fridges, because there's too much water used in it's creation. Seriously.