All talk, no walk - Anonymous employee Fairphone Employee Review

2.0
10 Sept 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The mission and vision invite you to believe that change is possible. The office is good-looking and nicely located. Some people are genuinely good.

Cons

Where to start? The mission and vision are so compelling, it is understandable that people want to work here. The dedication to the cause is underused, and while external communication focuses on how much is being invested into the well-being of e.g. factory workers, one will internally hear raspberries being blown. There are hardly any development plans, if you are able to develop it is more a matter of luck than that it has to do with one's own commitment and abilities. Critique is mostly not welcome, management is rather intransparent and leadership positions are given to people with seemingly little leadership (read: interpersonal) skills. The pay in some positions is not enough to have a decent living in a city like Amsterdam where rents are exploding, free yoga or bootcamps are not going to change that. The discrepancy between teams' freedom, workload, management, value... it is horrific. The values and daily work experience are miles apart. The turnover and burnout rate is immense. Every time I have a look at the team website, I am startled how quick the faces change.

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Pros

Manager is transparent sharing latest info, although phones market changes dynamically, we still very organized contents with clear every week focus and open minded with flexible working environment.

Cons

No unite system and format that from commercial, sales to procurement, supply chain team, sometimes people read the msg differently will cause additional misunderstanding or double work.

5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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