Decent startup with questionable long term potential - Software Development Peach Employee Review

2.0
2 May 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The environment is very relaxed, a couple employees are very passionate about the work, being on-call isn't too heavy (you'll never get called that late) and it's exciting to have a very fast turn around time on your work (projects often go live very quickly.)

Cons

There are a lot of problems with Peach as a place to work. All of these problems I bring up overlap to create a company that, on its worst days, can be quite toxic. In regards to the culture itself, it has a very frat/bro style culture (the place is often a mess/it's very male dominated/etc) which, and the positive can lead to a fun/relaxed environment, can lead to a lot of entitled/exclusive behavior from some staff members. This isn't helped by the fact that many employees are proud of the fact that there's no true HR representative, which they believe gives them license to make some very inappropriate comments. Another issue I have is that the management seems to have little interest in long term growth/retention for their people. This problem rears its heads in some pretty ugly ways. For instance, a number of people feel under appreciated and many leave after only a few months. While working there, I think someone quit every other week, which is quite impressive given that the company has less than 40 employees. Another way that this problem manifests is that there seems to be no long term interest in employees: for instance, there are rarely training sessions for employees to develop their skills and there's absolutely no room for growth. I'm entry level and report directly to one of the founders, so it's not like I can ever get a promotion here. Finally, I find myself pretty unhappy with the management itself. They often reinforce the very toxic culture, either through perpetuating certain behaviors or staying silent while employees are poorly treated. While I understand they are very busy, I find them to be poor leaders who are inconsistent in their values, often break promises or change their mind without informing anyone or just generally promote negative business practices. Once I even witnessed the CEO of the company shame employees for looking at their phone while waiting for technical problems to be fixed.

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Pros

The organization offers a supportive work schedule and encourages employees to utilize the unlimited PTO policy, promoting work-life balance. Additionally, the company provides complimentary lunches and offers numerous opportunities for professional development and career growth.

Cons

The work environment can be high-pressure at times, with expectations that may shift rapidly or unexpectedly. Additionally, the office is not dog-friendly, which may be a consideration for some employees.

2.0
2 Mar 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Pay is good and organized. They job is really fun! You can always call support and talk to a real person. Most deliveries are very simple. (most of them)

Cons

45 minutes delivery time is unrealistic in some areas. Support team want feedback but doesn't really listen especially when it comes to the Driver App. Black pages for help screens aren't really much help in new areas. I would call them and either my message wouldn't be relayed or they didn't think it was important enough to take into consideration. Until it affected my delivery. I would have open availability everyday, yet I never made it on the schedule ever again, I went from 5 days a week and enjoying Peach, to Zero days for the past 2 months yet still getting auto texts asking me to tell them when I can work. It got weird and impersonal. They don't think there's anything wrong with the app, I was made to feel like it was my fault.

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