Pros
Working with a well-rounded portfolio of solid wineries was an attractive selling point. Salary and benefits are also competitive. Office location and conditions are a plus.
Cons
Some (not all) of the current leadership team members are vastly unqualified, and show open distrust for those who are competent in their roles. Regardless of how many hours you put in per week, 60 - 70 for many, you will likely experience frequent and aggressive gaslighting from the CEO/Managing Partner and the President. They are all about hype, and in their quest to be disruptive, burn bridges left and right with vendors, distributors and industry figures. On top of damaging the company’s reputation, this makes it very difficult for sales and marketing professionals to build relationships and effectively do their jobs. They may also gossip and make fun of you to other employees, as I witnessed them do on multiple occasions. They lack emotional intelligence, are not leaders, and it’s bamboozling that they still have jobs after all of the things that have gone down at this company. Two stacked teams have turned over back-to-back already in 2021, hence why they have so many job postings up. They’re not growing because they’re a “start-up” as they will claim, and they’re not “restructuring,” (by choice at least), they just can’t keep up with the pace of resignations. This is a mild review, the fully transparent version is far worse.