Long hours little pay - Sales Assistant VPZ Employee Review

Good environment and friendly colleagues

None that I can mention

A company full of characters. Most are fun and hardworking - whom I got on well with. For better-and-worse, it keeps its 'small company' -feel: with many roles being flexible in their responsibilities. Base compensation actually is also okay. I also enjoyed the day-to-day work I did.

Huge caveats to every Pro, which outweighs any positives and makes it a difficult place to recommend. First, staff turnover is ridiculous and borderline childish. Firings occur often haphazardly and, while the logic does make sense, there's zero communication. This puts everyone on-edge. The flaws of management, the co-CEOs and heads of department, often shine through more than their strengths - largely due to the culture that's been created. In my (brief) tenure I have seen ALMOST every department head change, which results in few good people below staying. Second, the owners are like the two guys from Rainman: one is a talker and one is a thinker. This could work, but usually the inverse of what you hope is what happens: waffle; no trust; and no empathy. Across management, few experienced seniors with options would consider working at VPZ. Therefore, I often felt with the managers that VPZ is scraping-the-bottom-of-the-barrel when it comes to talent. This creates a lot of micromanagement by the owners which doesn't help. It's a shame that morale is often extremely low because the colleagues are usually quite good, fun, and helpful. Finally, the employee benefits: there is NONE beyond a 50% discount that may disappear due to the Tobacco & Vapes Bills. Couple this with ostentatious owners flaunting their wealth, it's easy to feel like they only care about themselves and not building a good company with good people. To pick one example, there's zero sick leave so often extremely unwell people work alongside people when they really shouldn't be. Things don't get thought about from a first-principles perspective.