Great product, bad management - Anonymous employee Welcome Homes Employee Review

2.0
2 Jun 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Unique, interesting, potentially industry-changing product - Founding team with a proven track record

Cons

- Standard startup growing pains - Lots of mid-stream pivots w/o explanation - Depending on the team, zero management or feedback given, which means when there IS a problem, it comes as a complete surprise since issues have never been communicated previously; some co-founders clearly view this as a hobby and treat employees/teams as such - co-founders have a lot of history and the public bickering/sniping they think is "cute" and "bro-y" is hugely distracting and unprofessional - absolutely no process in place for cross-functional communication and collaboration or sharing of major, company-wide news (ie -- informing everyone of a new market launch two weeks before launch date)

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5.0
20 Aug 2025
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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
26 Nov 2025
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Incredible team of hardworking and inspired people

Cons

Founders failed every step of the way. They burned through funds on vanity projects to boost their image instead of actually building the business. They were based in Miami, while our team and operation was completely based in New York team, and were constantly caught up in personal life distractions rather than actually running the company. You can’t run a business through your iPhone, no matter how hard they tried. They wanted the “founder lifestyle” more than they wanted to build a real company. They had no grasp of how to operate a direct-to-consumer model, and anyone with real industry knowledge was pushed out. The team had the talent, but leadership’s ego, lack of focus, and obsession with appearances ruined it. Everything was an over promised and under delivered. In the end, it was all smoke and mirrors. Completely untrustworthy people. Avoid at all costs.

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