Decent, but leadership needs improvement - Anonymous employee Acuity Insights Employee Review

3.0
29 Apr 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Work-life balance - Altus Days - Generous benefits and parental leave - Assessments, research and other projects are really interesting. The company is growing quickly. - Most teams are friendly, smart and hard-working

Cons

I don't think the current CEO is the right person to lead this company. The people he has chosen to be at the leadership table is bit of a mixed bag. When you have no proven experience in HR or corporate strategy, including how to scale a company, I don't see how you could expect to attract good people, keep the good people who haven't already left, and actually compete in the market. Too many exits in a short period of time. I'll admit some of these people needed to go, but very good talent also left because they were unfairly judged as unfit to be part of the company's next stage of growth. There is no transparency when it comes to performance reviews, raises and promotions. These things need to be standardized and in line with what's in the market.

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Acuity Insights Response
5y
Thank you for your review! We’re always looking for ways to optimise our employee experience so we’re delighted to hear that you are feeling the positive effects of those efforts. We’ve been sad to see some faces leave Altus of late but recognise that many of them were here for a long time, helped to shape Altus into what it is today and went on to new opportunities which better aligned with their career goals moving forward. We recognise that historically, we may not have communicated as clearly as employees would like when it comes to our processes around performance reviews, raises and promotions - we’ve been developing these processes over time and with the People & Culture team growing significantly over the last year, we’re well equipped to improve this moving forward; hopefully you’re already seeing this in action through recent All Hands and Kick Off presentations! Rich has grown Altus tremendously over the last 7 years as our CEO but recognises that he isn’t an expert in every facet of running a business and as such, we’ve hired a number of leaders to build a leadership team with complementary skills and experience to ensure that Altus is setup for success as we continue to grow. We encourage you to share your feedback through avenues such as TinyPulse, your manager, confidentially with a member of the P&C team or with Rich directly if you have concerns that we may be able to address - we’re always open to suggestions!

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