Hire and fire kind of company - Anonymous employee Mech Mocha Employee Review

2.0
2 Jul 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Yoda the dog and a fancy office space

Cons

Lot of cons that are not spoken about. The CEO is loud and will not listen to anyone else. She does as she likes and will take all the credit to herself, even if the idea was given by a employee. None of the products have been successful. They were initially a game company and now have moved to entertainment. There is no revenue generation. Promotions and hikes are based on how well you get along with the HR and the CEO. Worse of all they have a hire and fire policy now. Almost 10 people were fired in 2 months. They fire people within 2-4 weeks of joining without citing any proper reason. Do not join the company if you are looking for growth and a good career. They will paint a rosy picture but the truth is that the company is bad news for your career.

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Mech Mocha Response
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We understand that you had a bad exit with us, given the 4 back to back reviews you have left on Glassdoor within 2 weeks. We want to share our response, as an anonymous platform requires everyone to voice their side of the story. Our journey to our current product Hello Play is well described on our website homepage. Like any other start up such as Slack, Twitter etc. we have gone through multiple pivots- from gaming, to game publishing, to social gaming platform. We couldn't be more proud of the journey. We were pre-revenue for good time, just like any other early stage startup. We are super thrilled to be generating revenue now. Our app Hello Play is now ranked within top grossing 100 on Google Play ‘Social’ category and has healthy ad-revenue generation. We believe a startup needs highly aligned and performant individuals. Hence we review and give feedback very actively. We have a 4 point color code system - Gold, Blue, Orange and Red. We give ample time for individuals to work on the feedback given. If things don’t improve over months, we decide to part ways and help our team members find new roles in other companies. It might sound unfair to folks who go through it. We understand. We have a very clearly defined performance review system - we do reviews at least thrice a year. There are so many individuals who have grown tremendously with us. Please read about one of our engineers journey here: https://medium.com/mech-mocha-blog/journey-from-an-engineer-to-an-engineering-owner-9a2ce6068a5 or simply browse our team’s LinkedIn profiles :) For new joinees, we have 15-day and 30-day checkpoints for reviews, as we want them to get up to speed in a short time. We hire highly ambitious people who usually fit this structure. We hope you can get over this and not leave more reviews :)

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5.0
31 Jul 2019
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Pros

Environment: The workplace environment is great. People are professional when they need to be and amazing friends otherwise. There are no politics involved in the work that gets done. Everyone gets their due credit. People are amazingly helpful when it comes to working. Food: Frankly speaking, after joining Mech Mocha, I did not have to worry about breakfast or lunch. The admin team listens to your grievances and adjust accordingly. Are you on a diet? No problem, just give the Admin your preferences and they will make sure that you can stick to your diet. Dogs: Do you feel stressed at work? Meet Yoda and Seenu, the office dogs. They are great stress busters looking for a little love. Performance Reviews: Performance reviews are held diligently. And people are appropriately compensated for their work. If you are at the top of your game, then you don't need to worry about other things. Interview Process: Only the best of the best are selected. The selection process is very strict and they judge all aspects. Not only does your technical skills need to be up to the mark, but your culture values should be a fitment to the company.

Cons

This is not a con exactly, but there is surely a fast-paced environment here. Quick decisions are taken and people need to keep up with it. In the end, you do get to learn a lot.

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5.0
20 Jul 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

A dynamic place with a lot of enthusiastic young people who are simply interested in doing something good. I commend how everyone's problems are heard and worked upon. Not a lot of places focus on culture at all, but here it is worked on and well. While that's about cutlure, its a great place to learn as well. I took a lot of learning from MM (I had to leave due to some personal circumstantial reasons) and I proudly tell others that I have worked here. Everyone respects each other and the place is far away from the word "boring".

Cons

Seems I have to put some cons as per glassdoor rules, so sure here goes: I was there since the early times so things were a bit unstructure in those days, but I figure that would be in any place. Doesn't make a good Con, I know. By the time I left things had improved and solid processes had been set. I believe the place continues to be structured now. No reason it wouldn't.

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