Wallbox Reviews

You know those companies that reward employees for their hard work with pizza parties? Okay, well Wallbox takes that concept to a whole new level. Recurring lay offs since early 2023, reorganizations (meaning workload re-allocation because the budget for new headcount is always inexistent) and the lack of a good company culture has had employees leaving left and right this year. People are no longer sticking around because of “loyalty” or an impressive company mission which used to be a huge selling point for candidates looking to join Wallbox. The biggest con is clearly with management: from poor strategy, poor communication, a “global” expansion without really taking into account each market’s unique characteristics like competition, regulations or consumer behaviours. Product and feature releases being delayed for months if not years, constant and ill-informed reprioritizations of verticals and markets. Huge splurge on marketing efforts (Superbowl) or company parties without clear follow up strategy and kpi evaluation. Last but not least, unresponsiveness and lack of urgency to handle partner requests because although it is a very “lean” organization, there are few decision makers and a huge gap in accountability which slows down everything. Going back to the pizza party idea, well, let’s just say that the employees simply can’t live off of promises… hoping they’ll get a promotion or a raise when budget allows for it. Some former employees had been there for 3 years without a single raise (not even a slight increment to account for inflation and rising costs of living). Wallbox’s mission is very impressive and there are many talented individuals working here. However, if you are looking to join this company I would wait a few years to have management get their act together and treat their employees how they should.

Desirable company as an engineer, highly undesirable in a commercial or marketing role. You are just a number! Consistently firing individuals with highly questionable motive. It is not common to see a "startup" company with investments of over 25 million Eur, 5 years in business and over 300 employees. However, whenever there is an issue with leadership, product, delivery or strategy, the excuse is always the same, "Well, we are a startup" and despite having nothing to do with sales, it will immediately be translated into pressure to sell more. Essentially cutting your legs out from underneath you and then asking you to walk further than originally expected because we made another mistake. Inexperienced and misinformed engineers lead to consistent product issues, large delivery delays and being a reactive company as opposed to proactive company in given markets. They cut corners to bring products to market, 0 market entry strategy, one size fits all approach each market and their product requirements. Company cares about their public image more than their internal politics. SDR´s working in Account Executive capacities without being given the title or salary Targets are based on what their investors need instead of what is reasonable in each market which leads to high pressure to sell products even though product specs and market share are below industry average. This leads to a "We must reach our quarterly figures by any means necessary" approach and in turns creates a very lone wolf environment as opposed to a team working environment. In my opinion and that of many others, job security is based on your relationship with management levels as opposed to performance or experience.