Great Opportunity! - Sr. Executive Assistant Lessen Employee Review

5.0
18 Aug 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Lessen has provided me with many opportunities for career growth! The people and culture make work fun. It is exciting to be part of the Lessen team as we build and grow an amazing and successful company together.

Cons

Startups have their challenges but I know Lessen is making great strides in the employee experience including making the benefits more competitive. This has been a very tough task for other startups that I've worked at but Lessen has stepped up earlier on in ways that other companies have not been able to.

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Lessen Response
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Thank you for this feedback! We hope to continue providing growth opportunities within our organization as well as remain competitive with our perks and benefits.

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Employees have strong potential and are capable of delivering quality work when supported by effective leadership and clearer project direction. But unfortunately, leadership is not effective and helpful here which I’ve described below.

Cons

The Agile process needs significant improvement. Collaboration between onshore and offshore QA teams can become challenging, especially when reported issues are frequently dismissed or invalidated without proper investigation. This creates an environment where team members may feel discouraged from raising legitimate concerns. On-shore QAs become “UAT Testers” as a result. Management involvement during demos can also feel counterproductive at times. Instead of proactively identifying and mitigating project risks earlier in the process (but they are not even involved in early discussions) , concerns are sometimes raised publicly during demos, which creates unnecessary pressure rather than constructive collaboration. There is also a noticeable emphasis on release timelines over overall testing confidence and product quality. In situations where testing risks are raised, they don’t receive sufficient consideration if release goals are prioritized. When issues occur after release, accountability tends to fall heavily on QA teams despite broader project and process factors contributing to the outcome. QA documentation standards did not always appear to be applied consistently across all levels of the organization. Some leadership-level QA contributors were able to provide minimal to no testing documentation while expecting more rigorous standards from other team members. Lastly, the recurring fear of layoffs created a culture where some employees felt pressured to prioritize visibility and management approval over open communication and constructive collaboration.

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