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Vald Performance

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Problematic executives and management - Anonymous employee Vald Performance Employee Review

1.0
10 May 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Fast paced learning - Intra-team cooperation - Open communication between any level of management - Full-time chef and baristas for heavily discounted lunches

Cons

- High employee turnover and firing rate, especially of female employees. - Staff, including management and other executives walked on eggshells to avoid causing a scene with the CEO. - Little career progression. - Often encouraged by managers to stay late every night to ‘look like we’re busy’ for respect of the founders. - Micro managed by founders, and in particular by the CEO. - Founders often used inappropriate language or made humiliating comments under the guise of ‘banter’ and ‘ company culture’. Employees would awkwardly laugh and agree these comments were not funny when the executives walked away. - CEO would walk past each team daily and pick apart a random small task and question the employee or manager in a degrading way. Managers and employees agreed this was counter-productive but accepted this behaviour to keep their jobs.

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5.0
18 Sept 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good pay for the industry. Great team. Remote work lets you make your own schedule

Cons

The Communication could be better.

1.0
27 Feb 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

I enjoyed the remote flexibility the job gave, and the pay was nice.

Cons

Aside from the remote work and pay, working for Vald was one of the most stressful experiences I have ever had. - Lack of support from leadership - Intimidation and fear-mongering (I heard explicitly from old colleagues that they were outright told their jobs were on the line constantly, or they were being "watched" by leadership) - Extreme micromanaging (expect little/no autonomy and to have every email, message, and call critiqued and criticized) - Extremely high employee turnover - Aggressive revenue goals and transactional sales tactics in a relationship-based industry (expect to become the pushy salesman to hit your quota) - Absolutely zero work/life balance (working "overtime" and weekends is almost a necessity, especially at the beginning of your employment) - Unfair territory assignment (some sales reps had much larger territory distribution than others, giving them more opportunities. Finding opportunities in 3-4 counties is significantly more difficult than trying to find opportunities in 3-4 states.) - Account Hoarding (senior sales reps tend to hold key accounts for themselves, with newer sales reps scrambling to find traction) - Lack of professional development (they prioritize hiring practitioners with zero sales experience, only to fire them or have them "managed out" when their only development is going out and learning via "trial by fire") - Culture vs Reality mismatch (the pillars they claim to stand by are non-existent in their day-to-day handling of their employees) - Short ramp-up period for complex sales cycles (I hope you learn fast) - Reputation Risk (The pressure to use overly aggressive sales tactics risked damaging long-term industry relationships) - Clique Culture

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