Beware of manipulative, toxic "female founded, women supporting women" business - Anonymous employee Birdy Grey Employee Review

1.0
26 Mar 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Unlimited PTO, Summer Fridays - Some people are nice and genuinely care for the success of the company and dedicate time and energy into seeing it succeed

Cons

- Everyone is overworked and burnt out working 60+ hour weeks with no regard to work life balance. Leadership will change what they view as "priorities" making teams scramble on an already tight schedule and then blame other teams for not communicating. You can't expect the business to grow when you refuse to hire more head count and double the work. - Everyone at this company is seen as disposable. There is zero care for the work and attitude that people bring. If one day you are deemed no longer valuable they will let you go, and they have many times. "Inflation layoffs" had replacements hired almost immediately in those same exact positions with slightly different job titles. - There is no transparency here. No insight to those of us who are not involved in financial meetings to understand how business is going. Then layoffs feel out of nowhere. - Practically every new hire is found through secret agencies with no information given to teams. The organizational structure changes the trajectory of each team member involved, but leadership does not seem to understand or respect that. The amount of turnover / new hires makes us feel like we're dedicating 90% of our day training and redoing processes that are currently working. - There is no team camaraderie. There are genuinely kind people here and leadership will push teams to dislike each other because they refuse to take any blame. - Micromanaging is the only form of leadership. Actually trust people that you hire to come in and do the work. Leadership will acknowledge they aren't masters on a particular subject, but then will micromanage everyone from the department on how it is done often to the point where it feels belittling. Leadership refuses to take any responsibility for their decisions and lie -- often.

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We appreciate your feedback. We are sorry to hear that you have not enjoyed your time with Birdy Grey. While we disagree with your assessments, we are committed to creating the best environment for our team and continuously make improvements based on feedback. Your comments will be noted and shared with leadership.

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5.0
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Pros

As someone who has been in the industry for 12+ years, this is by far the most positive and collaborative work environment I have ever worked in. Leadership is supportive, fosters growth, and empowers us. I feel valued and heard. Team culture is extremely collaborative and productive. Everyone within the organization is truly truly lovely and I call my friends. The energy in the workplace makes coming to work genuinely enjoyable. Flexible / hybrid schedule allows for great work/life balance. Benefits are great!

Cons

Initiatives and strategy change, which is common for a company at this stage. Its really not a con if you are agile/ adaptable.

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4.0
19 Mar 2026
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Pros

Loved the relaxed culture. It’s a small start up, so there’s often lack of process and therefore you have a lot of autonomy over your work, but you also have to make up the process as you go along. Coworkers were really nice. Wellness Fridays.

Cons

There were lots of changes to strategy and turnover was strangely high even though people are nice. I can understand why people think this place is toxic though - the constant change in direction becomes a lot. Due to all the layoffs and turnovers, it proves that everyone is replaceable. I actually liked my job & respect the leaders, but left because strategy kept changing and I got tired of redoing projects. That type of work just wasn’t for me.

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