Amazing culture - amazing people. - Director of Demand Generation Refine Labs Employee Review

5.0
25 Apr 2022
Recommend
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Pros

100% remote. They care about the quality of the work you do, not where it's done or what time it's done. Work/life balance is huge here. Awesome talent - the people here are so smart and experienced, and everyone wants to help each other grow. The company is growing fast but focused on long-term value, not short-term. This means they don't expect everyone to be routinely working crazy hours to meet an investor's goals. They're working hard to balance the work load so no one is over-worked on client responsibilities. Overall - the leadership team is very focused on growing in a healthy way for long term success.

Cons

Being 100% remote means you need to work a little more at developing relationships with other employees. The leadership team knows this and prioritizes social events that are virtual. Sometimes they are 1:1 between you and a random employee, other times they are department-wide or company-wide. There are productivity tools and checks built into processes, but you really need to be able to be autonomous. No one's looking over your shoulder to make sure you're being productive. For some, this is a con - they need the type of environment that constantly pushes them to stay on task. For others (those that will fit best in this environment) this is a huge Pro for working here. You can be autonomous and produce your best quality without being micromanaged.

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Refine Labs Response
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We appreciate your candid thoughts. As a 100% remote company, we all have to try even harder to invest in the culture we want to be a part of. Your psychological safety is important because you can't do your best work if you're not feeling your best. We try to ensure all colleagues take the time they need when they need it. That even includes our mandatory minimum of seven days off every six months. As much autonomy as we provide, if anyone needs more structure to help them be productive, please let your direct manager and VP, People know, and we'll work with whoever to ensure they have the resources they need to be successful. Thank you again for your feedback. Jason

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Cons

Refine Labs was founded as an incredibly ego-centric agency. There is still an ego-centric culture that is built around self-promotion (and promotion of favored colleagues), rather than a healthy collaborative or even truly merit-based culture. If you're not a self-promoter, you're success and progress in the agency will be very limited. There has also been a lot of instability in mid-management roles, which signals challenges of vision and hiring at this level, which filters down to success of "individual contributors." Salaries may be competitive at time of higher, but fail to keep up with inflation outside of promotion, but organization is relatively flat and offers little room for professional growth, which contributes to employee retention problems.

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