Still nothing more than a Rocket clone of Airbnb - Software Engineer Wimdu Employee Review

1.0
17 Apr 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

There used to be positive aspects like the atmosphere, the level of trust and the general team spirit in the development team and the whole Product & Development department. You could work with a lot of talented, caring and motivated people who were really trying to push this company forward and make it a great place to work at. It also seemed like the previous CEOs were at least trying to establish a good culture and a set of core values within the whole company.

Cons

None of the positive things mentioned above are true anymore. A series of management changes over the last few months revealed the true face of the company. The new management only needed 3 months to establish an atmosphere of fear, uncertainty and doubt. People were fired without notice for "questioning authority" after they gave the wrong kind of feedback. Others were threatened and told that their only job is to follow orders and not question their superiors. The whole Product & Development department got lectured on which kinds of feedback are allowed and which can get you fired. Most of the people in the development team have already left or are in the process of leaving. There seems to be some interest in rebuilding the team from scratch, but it's questionable whether the people currently in charge of that effort will manage to find adequate replacements for all the people who are leaving, at least within the foreseeable future. In general, there seems to be no empathy left for employees, and the rest of fun and exciting startup atmosphere has vanished. Plus now there's even less of an idea how to become more than a clone of Airbnb, which the company has been struggling with for the last three years. There's no innovation, no interest in improving the product, no vision and no leadership. The most valuable thing I learned here is: Don't work for a company that doesn't have a convincing genuine idea at its core. Wimdu definitely doesn't have one. And what's worse, it isn't even trying to find it (anymore).

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3.0
2 Aug 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

-Decent Pay -Fast paced environment -Good management in the US.

Cons

-As a start up there are bound to be a lot of changes. In my year of employment at Wimdu there were 2 massive lay offs. First was a national lay off to centralize operations in SF, shortly after the CEO decided to close down US operations altogether. -No transparency from upper management to employees -No Equity -Seems like Upper Management have to direct plan in place and constantly change direction.

5
2.0
14 May 2014
Anonymous contractor
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Probably a great place for a first job or introduction to the world of work.

Cons

Staffed mostly by interns, not great for people coming from industry.

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