Great colleagues, poor leadership! - Anonymous employee Venmo Employee Review

1.0
1 Oct 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Fun product, wonderful & smart colleagues, good benefits

Cons

Sadly majority of the true rockstars have already left Venmo, and for good reason! Leadership within Venmo is poor, there are constant reorgs moving people around which creates zero stability, lack of transparency between leaders and the broader team, and no work life balance. Recommend to avoid working here unless there is either a change in management or management changes themselves. The current leaders are often times unreasonable, make you feel like you’re indispensable and just a resource, and do not value culture.

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