A shame - Anonymous employee Lumar Employee Review

2.0
5 Jul 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Some friendly coworkers Nice NYC & London offices Personal development budget

Cons

- Lack of coherent strategy and direction - Lack of diversity across the business, often feeling like a boys club - No real care for improving things. HR will hear your concerns, but nothing happens - Wildly different experiences depending on what department you work in (some teams are a lot happier than others) - Some virtue signalling within the senior leadership team and wider business - People leave the business and no one is told when or why - Burn out

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Lumar Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts. Cultivating an inclusive and diverse culture is important to us and is also a key reason why people decide to join Deepcrawl and stay with us. We don’t think this feedback about diversity is an accurate reflection of Deepcrawl (42% of our leadership team are women) but we do recognise that we can be more diverse. In the past 18 months we have taken a number of steps to improve our policies and practices to increase diversity such as introducing blind screening to applications and posting on inclusive job boards. It’s disappointing to hear that you feel that there is a lack of support for individuals to succeed in their roles. All employees have regular 121s with their managers and regular discussions about their personal development and performance. Employees are also encouraged to speak to Heads of Departments if they require further support within their role. We value all of our employees and recognise the hard work they put in day after day. Earlier in the year we had a company wide free day where the business was closed for one day for a company wide pause and have recently introduced Summer Fridays. Supporting and protecting the wellbeing of our employees is paramount. Thank you again for taking the time to share and we wish you success in your career.

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