Company in steep decline: opiniones de empleados con el puesto de Talent Management en Automattic

3,0
3 may 2025
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Flexible working, unlimited holiday, decent benefits and perks, and global travel make this very appealing. Work globally any hours you choose is great, fully remote gives tremendous freedom. Lots of autonomy and trust in most roles but not all. A global workforce community made up of interesting, inspiring and lovely people.

Desventajas

This used to be a tremendous place to work, but has been in decline since too-rapid growth post-Covid. Late 2024 CEO got the company involved in some nasty and very expensive litigation by provoking a rival to sue, and it has been downhill from there, resulting in two voluntary redundancy rounds and one mass layoff. This has decimated the culture and trust. Products are outdated and unable to keep up with technology or the market, largely because the whole company is built around the CEO/Founder's 'baby' WordPress, plus piecemeal acquisitions according to his tastes and whims. Another big issue is that career advancement may be very wobbly. You can progress internally but find yourself unemployable after exit since the company invents its own roles, metrics and structures making it very hard to compare like for like when applying elsewhere. Fundamentally permanently USA-centric despite attempts to be globally minded.

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5,0
23 abr 2026
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Thorough and thoughtful onboarding process. Super supportive coworkers. The vast amount of resources to learn is second to none. Leads and mentors proactively check in and offer support constantly. Diversity and inclusion is amazing.

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I do not have any cons at this time.

2,0
5 ene 2026
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I had the opportunity to work alongside incredibly smart, talented, and kind colleagues who were always willing to share their knowledge. The role offered diverse and engaging technical challenges working with a wide range of customers, most of whom were pleasant to collaborate with. The company provided excellent health insurance and 401k benefits, which I genuinely appreciated. The yearly travel for team meetups was a highlight. It created valuable opportunities for team building and strengthened relationships across the distributed team.

Desventajas

While unlimited PTO sounds attractive on paper, in practice it required careful coordination with team capacity and management, making it less flexible than expected. The culture inadvertently encouraged overworking, as people often forgot to actually take time off. Weekend on-call shifts, combined with a small team rotation, created real burnout risk. The most significant issue was the unexpected layoffs, which were extremely disruptive to team morale and productivity. The instability created by constant turnover ultimately became unsustainable and led to my decision to leave the company.

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