catch.com.au Reviews

Catch use to be a fun place to work, where you get to work on exciting things and trying to solve real problems. Now, over the past 6-12 months everything seems to have changed. From the culture to how we do things. Everything seems like a mad rush with no real plan and more of a hope and dream rather than anything concrete. People are leaving all over the place and taking their experience and in many cases the culture with them. The technology is a huge problem and making any meaningful change is almost impossible either due to the complexity of the problem or because of politics, or now because everyone is so busy that we haven't got the time to do anything. The platform is a complete mess and no-one is willing to try and fix it. Instead, there is a constant need to add more features, add more products, add more sellers and make more GTV. Management also seem to be misaligned. There are a few great managers at Catch but no strong leaders who are willing to make a decision around what we should and shouldn't do.

Horrible leadership. they are bottom on the barrel, average educated folks (simpletons) and out of touch with how to run an ecommerce company. No idea on what technology and data does. It's like explaining to your grandma how to set up a router. When you come across cave people like this you need to exit asap. All the good people have left, who are proffesional, technically sound and can get anything done. Imagine a room full of people where they want something done, but none of them can do it. There is usually one person doing all the work, and 7 people involved to say that are also doing it. Wesfarmer need to cut a lot of middle management and spend the money to hire people that can do the job (not another voice saying what needs to be fixed). Managers need to be able to do the job as well, not watch it get done. They promote the "loud voice" bully type of character. But these people have no sound technical skills or leadership qualities. This behaviour happens where you get lowly educated, and cheap people. Cheap people hire cheaper people. Working with them is embarrassing and really makes you wonder what is going on in this company. HR is very weak, they do what the Execs tell them and don't do anything for the Employee. We didn't even get a survey if we want to back in the office in the city. Its got the worst HR i have ever seen. Also NOT flexible from wfh. They want you in and are living in the 90s. This comes from top down. the older Leaders are out of touch and struggle with technology. So they need people in so they can just walk up to them. These are exactly the type of leaders that need to retire. It's driving the company into the ground. Would not recommend this place. unless you want to go backwards. People leave here very quickly. It's almost by mistake you end up here. Literally whole departments have emptied out in the last 12 months due to the toxicity and downward projections. Only the ones that can't get new jobs are stuck here. Run while you can.