Perpetua Reviews

I respect everyone's opinions on how they view the company, but it really does surprise me that there are so many positive reviews about Perpetua. The product itself is good (for bigger Amazon advertisers), but it is evident that Perpetua really nickel and dimes smaller sellers on Amazon. It's very difficult to see these customers invest so much money and us promise them so much just to see them fail and our product waste their money. The cost of the software is a drop in the bucket for bigger customers. For smaller customers, it's sometimes 10% of their advertising budget. The level of support that they receive is insufficient for what these advertisers actually need. Company operations, standards, and expectations are changing way too frequently. It will get to the point where you stop listening to weekly syncs and meetings because nothing will ever stay the same. The information that you are given one week is usually contradicted in the information given the next. The CEO has gotten drunk many times at parties and has said some horrific things to employees. The latest thing he did was blow up on a female employe (mind you this was a new employee to Perpetua through the merger between Sellics and Perpetua) and said horrific, misogynist things to her. Absolutely nothing was done to correct this (maybe he went on a retreat to "reflect on his actions"). No announcement was made and no public apology either. I would hope that if any employee says something similar to what he said, they would be canned on the spot. Later that month our CEO was being praised as "our fearless leader" during a company-wide presentation. VERY dystopian. Abuse of power with no repercussions. You'll see this said in a few of the negative reviews, but it is true that Perpetua is a "boys club". If you are a male out of college that isn't looking to shake your frat boy ways, then I think Perpetua is actually a good fit for you. If you're over the age of 25 or view yourself as a somewhat mature person, then I don't think this culture is a good match for you. Be prepared to be doing work that is out of your scope. Too often you will be expected to become support, finance, sales, and customer success all at the same time. Yes this is an aspect of being part of a smaller company, but it gets ridiculous sometimes.

no desire whatsoever to update anything in the company or establish processes. no leadership, especially among c-suite. everyone is inexperienced, presumptive, and rude. they'll be incredibly condescending and treat you like a child if they think you aren't getting it, but make no effort to actually coach. your training and onboarding is entirely dependant on a 19 year olds goodwill and whether or not they want to be your friend. people move roles all the time and there is no separation between duties. it creates so much confusion and no one knows who is responsible for what. women don't get as many opportunities as men, and women are expected to be obedient and subservient. the men can treat you like garbage and HR will just shrug their shoulders at you, but if you stand up for yourself then suddenly you're receiving negative performance reviews out of nowhere with no examples or context of what exactly is wrong. they claim they want more processes, but have fired everyone in the last year who has tried to put any together. not a friendly place for neuro-diversity. everyone is expected to be on the same wave or you're "not a good fit". HR will claim to offer support, but nothing you tell them is confidential and will get offended if you say anything critical at all about the company. expect everyone to know your business. co-president is an abusive, gaslighting egomaniac who will call you outside your working hours just to convenience him. he will also make the office a hostile environment for you if you do not allow him to bully you into cutting corners for him. salaries are much lower than the industry standard, and they mostly hire new-grads who don't know their rights or have no experience. the only reason the product does so well is because they're partnered with amazon AE's. if they didn't get those referrals, they wouldn't be considered a leader in the industry. promotions are based on nepotism and favouritism. if you brown-nose the c-level execs, you can basically do whatever you want with no repercussions. they don't care about accountability. they just want someone to blame when something goes wrong, so most people hide their mistakes. if you try to own up to something and come up with a resolution, then they'll hold it over your head until you quit or get fired. mistakes are never forgiven. literal temper tantrums when something internal needs to change, and the c-level execs just let is happen. most leadership makes the mistake of assuming that being condescending is the same as being constructive. it's like working for that 16 year old manager you had in high school. there is no transparency on performance or business needs. you are left guessing, and if something is wrong you'll be in for a nasty surprise.