Damaging to my mental health. - Anonymous employee 1E Employee Review

From Sumir Karayi, CEO at 1E I am sorry you feel so negatively about 1E. The challenge with Glassdoor reviews is that they are anonymous so anyone can write them. If you are a genuine ex-1E employee I would really appreciate a conversation with you. It’s never right when anyone leaves 1E with such a negative viewpoint and while this feedback wasn’t captured in any of our exit interviews we would like to listen now. Your comment about the lack of structure was a little surprising. We have a fairly robust management structure for a small company. Everyone reports though the management team. We have 50 managers in a company with 250 people. We have two formal calibration reviews of all employees every year. We have a custom objectives and performance management system, which all employees must use. Should we not always want to do outstanding work? Most 1E customers will heartily acknowledge our outstanding work and surely this is a good expectation to set. I am sorry you feel I am mediocre but lets look at 1E objectively. With the total investment of £500 each by the founders, 1E has grown organically to over $50m recurring revenue, with zero debt, significant cash reserves and rapidly increasing profitability. We employ 250 people and are regularly acknowledged by the Best Companies index. We are highly inventive with over 40 patents. We have sold 30 million licences and have 98% renewals on our main products. We must be doing a few things right. We do take mental health seriously at 1E. We have an Employee Assistance Program , which is widely publicised and is free and confidential to use. We have a range of flexible working practices which enable people to manage their workload with external responsibilities. A number of our colleagues are benefitting from these currently. We have held numerous workshops around managing stress and we always work with any employee who is raises concerns about their mental health and work with them in getting the appropriate support where needed. As I said at the beginning if you are a genuine ex-1E employee, I would really like to have a conversation with you as it’s not good for you or 1E that you feel this way about your time with us.