US Office is a Bummer, mainly due to CEO - Anonymous employee Babbel Employee Review

1.0
17 Jan 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

For the most part, the team US team is diverse, easy to work with, and driven. It's small so can feel a bit insular, but generally lovely people The company is based in Berlin, and if you are lucky enough to work over there you'll work at an amazing space with great perks and benefits and really nice atmosphere. The US office comes with none of the perks, benefits, or general pizazz of the startup culture they are trying to sell you on.

Cons

-The US CEO is a soulless, visionless bot. Run. Run far away from her. She seems genuinely unhappy in her job and like she's taking it out on everyone around her. -The product itself is mediocre due to a backlog of tech and engineering issues. The strategy is focused on marketing the hell out of this sub-par paid product (in a climate of lots of free products) rather than actually improving it. - The vast disparity in benefits and perks between the US and Berlin office leaves the US team feeling woefully undervalued.

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