Cracks in the talent pool - Anonymous employee Invodo Employee Review

3.0
30 May 2014
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Invodo is able to attract top talent because of interest in the video industry, impressive growth and a downtown Austin location. They have a very lively, infectious culture and most of the team is young and bright. Their software is developing nicely and they're invested heavily in proprietary technology and good facilities.

Cons

Top talent keeps leaving due to frustrations around client satisfaction, work/life balance and compensation. Invodo is not keeping up with an aggressive Austin market and the stars of the company get seduced away very easily. We joked that they played "MoneyBall" with employees. Meaning, they would attract young people moving to Austin from other cities and then let them leave the company when they demanded their fair market value.

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5.0
1 Apr 2019
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Pros

Great company culture. They gave a lot of responsibility and freedom to their employees. Founders were amazing, and CEO was very involved in day to day activities.

Cons

Great company, no cons

2.0
8 Jul 2015
Anonymous employee
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Pros

1. Generally free-spirited work environment. 2. Vacation policy (or lack thereof). 3. Decent downtown location. 4. Lots of potential for young, hard-working ambitious personalities to be involved in generally interesting work.

Cons

1. A serious lack of vision, direction and management at the C-Level, most notably the CEO/CFO. Invodo's senior management goes to great lengths to try and self-identify with a cultural dogma of ingenuity and creativity but has no idea how to actually foster such an environment. Senior management lacks a fundamental understanding of the constantly evolving tech space which breeds an atmosphere of resentment and alienation from those in the trenches. 2. Very poor work/life balance at mediocre/sub-standard market wages for the Austin job market. 3. Reasonable requests for raises/support staff/etc met with firm and ungiving resistance from management despite constant claims of profitability and growth. 4. Lack of accountability for underachieving/culturally poisonous employees who are few and far between but cemented due to internal politics and the absence of middle management.

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