stable start up but high turn over, know your worth - Influencer/Talent Manager Whalar Employee Review

3.0
24 May 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

great clients; good press; seemingly diverse staff; seemingly diverse-focused initiatives; full remote work

Cons

company culture rips off diversity; does not do a good job supporting staff; start up vibes growing pains; egg-shell politics; inexperienced manager leadership; some teams lack true team-work; company is only focused on influencer marketing not digital marketing; company is lacking in innovating unique ways to reward employees; culture of reward and recognition could be so much better to retain staff; staff does not have a genuine way to give feedback to upper management which creates unhealthy work dynamics and workplace stress and dissatisfaction; employees leave the company and boomerang back for higher paid positions - there needs to be a better growth path within

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5.0
21 Aug 2025
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Pros

Great co workers, great perks, fun clients

Cons

Workload can be tough, unbalanced staffing

1.0
5 Aug 2025
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Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- genuine coworkers who care about what they're doing - billed as remote-first - flexible scheduling

Cons

- entirely disorganized mess under the hood - leadership has absolutely no idea what they're doing and have created a demand-driven culture where only results matter and time and process are non-existent concerns - I mentioned remote-first as a pro, but apparently the moment you aren't able to meet your coworkers or attend an event, even with legitimate reasons, you are no longer seen as a real team member - middle management does not know how to manage their direct reports - the organization is split between a few countries, and they've been that way since the early days. you would think that would mean they would know how to work across timezones and sync/async properly, but that's far from the truth. I had even asked members of the people team about this and they also expressed the same concerns. - at least in my experience, there was no real onboarding and no a available documentation to help learn about the company/product teams. it made for a very uncomfortable experience. - pay scale is way lower than expected especially in the US

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