Don't believe the brochure. It was once true, but it's well out of date
Don't believe the brochure. It was once true, but it's well out of date
- Some very smart and interesting people (but they're getting blander).
- Some (increasingly limited) space to test your own ideas with 20% time (your percentage may vary) and ShipIt Days.
- It's rare that you're asked to put in extra hours due to someone else's failure.
- They have some genuinely cool staff functions every year: Melbourne Cup & EoFY.
- Since the company took outside investment, it became a much less pleasant place to work.
- Products and technology aren't that interesting.
- They usually fail to recognize or reward people for achievements.
- No interest in career development, or appropriately matching roles to your skills, experience, and interests.
- It has made a big deal about its edgy corporate values, which were very true at the time they were formulated, but they don't seem to mean much to new senior management.
- Definitely not an inclusive employer. It has been called out as being hostile to women on a number of occasions.
- The HR ("Talent") department is almost entirely concerned with recruitment and self-promotion and is incredibly under-resourced to do anything else, even by their own admission. The company is suffering in a number of respects as a result.
- An ineffectual and often damaging performance management process.
- Some other very dubious HR practices.
- Basic office facilities suck. Most employees just get a desk and a chair, no drawers or anything else.
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Step back from so aggressively promoting yourself as a great employer and remember a time when you used to be one, without being so self-conscious about it.
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Understand that your people are infinitely more interested in a fulfilling career and a supportive environment than they are in free beer and snacks.
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Put a competent and properly resourced HR function in place.
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Step away from the "bobbleheads" (senior management) and get back in touch with your people.
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