An Honest Review of Perpetua - Anonymous employee Perpetua Employee Review

2.0
11 Nov 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

You will get some good experience from working at Perpetua. They are a growing company and are respected in the industry. Autonomy. You are able to handle things at your own pace without people breathing down your neck the whole time. You are expected to complete everything that is assigned to you, but they trust you enough to leave you alone. People. There are some really great people at Perpetua (although many of them have recently graduated university or this is their first job). Most particularly the Europe team has some very kind people.

Cons

I respect everyone's opinions on how they view the company, but it really does surprise me that there are so many positive reviews about Perpetua. The product itself is good (for bigger Amazon advertisers), but it is evident that Perpetua really nickel and dimes smaller sellers on Amazon. It's very difficult to see these customers invest so much money and us promise them so much just to see them fail and our product waste their money. The cost of the software is a drop in the bucket for bigger customers. For smaller customers, it's sometimes 10% of their advertising budget. The level of support that they receive is insufficient for what these advertisers actually need. Company operations, standards, and expectations are changing way too frequently. It will get to the point where you stop listening to weekly syncs and meetings because nothing will ever stay the same. The information that you are given one week is usually contradicted in the information given the next. The CEO has gotten drunk many times at parties and has said some horrific things to employees. The latest thing he did was blow up on a female employe (mind you this was a new employee to Perpetua through the merger between Sellics and Perpetua) and said horrific, misogynist things to her. Absolutely nothing was done to correct this (maybe he went on a retreat to "reflect on his actions"). No announcement was made and no public apology either. I would hope that if any employee says something similar to what he said, they would be canned on the spot. Later that month our CEO was being praised as "our fearless leader" during a company-wide presentation. VERY dystopian. Abuse of power with no repercussions. You'll see this said in a few of the negative reviews, but it is true that Perpetua is a "boys club". If you are a male out of college that isn't looking to shake your frat boy ways, then I think Perpetua is actually a good fit for you. If you're over the age of 25 or view yourself as a somewhat mature person, then I don't think this culture is a good match for you. Be prepared to be doing work that is out of your scope. Too often you will be expected to become support, finance, sales, and customer success all at the same time. Yes this is an aspect of being part of a smaller company, but it gets ridiculous sometimes.

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Perpetua Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts. All feedback, whether positive or negative is taken seriously and addressed internally. As you have shared a large range of views and concerns, we won't tackle each one here, however, we will share that employee development, manager training, leadership sessions and inclusivity awareness are just some of the topics currently being worked on and discussed. We remain focused on increasing gender diversity and have seen improvements across all levels and departments. If at any time, you wish to discuss your views in greater detail or simply hear more about what improvements are underway, please reach out any time to hr@perpetua.io our door is always open.

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