Problems with CEO, low morale, and numerous failures to launch - Anonymous employee VisionWeb Employee Review

3.0
2 Nov 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The people that work here are nice. They also recently added snacks, and the new exec assistant to the CEO doubles as a community manager, organizing fun company-wide events for everyone.

Cons

This is CEO R. Shah's first time as a CEO. He comes from Essilor's Merger's and Acquisitions wing. Essilor is the parent company for VisionWeb. In short, he's young, untested, and unproven as a CEO. He's also completely new to tech and has yet to establish any real trust or respect among the employees. There has been an exodus of employees since his arrival nearly one year ago, including directors and employees at all levels. Employees that had been with the company nearly a decade, and longer, have left. The company has been on a crusade to bring it's PM & EHR solution, Uprise, to market over the past several years. It has failed to launch numerous times. At this point it seems like a lost cause, and many in the company believe the window has closed. Needless to say, the overall morale at the company is quite low. They've recently hired a new executive leader from a company called Kinnser, who, based on their Glassdoor company reviews, seem to suffer the same disconnect/distrust between the workers and the executives. The main revenue stream, VisionWeb's .com ordering platform, is underprioritized and does not sit on a robust infrastructure. In summary, things could go south for VisionWeb's solitary revenue stream at any moment, so this may not be a great investment of time for someone looking to join the company. Do you due dilligence.

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