Company on a decline, led by poor leadership and disregarding its best employees - Manager Indigo Employee Review

1.0
May 3, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

I've been at the company for a bit now and any real pros are difficult to come up with. They serve lunch 3 times a week, have snacks. But all the stuff like its treatment of employees and general direction the leadership is taking this company is disappointing

Cons

- Poor Leadership: Company CEO can not lead the company to an IPO. - Direction of company is all over the place. Company and leadership as a whole needs to be more focused and productive: so many issues within the company - most people don't know whats going on. - Compensation: Indigo HR tries to craft their way to justify putting its most productive people at a lower compensation. If you want the best talent to stay pay them. Poor compensation. - HR like to exemplify an open culture but uses it as an excuse and shield themselves from criticism. It's very obvious to Indigo employees that HR is week and a talk a lot of nonsense.

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Indigo Response
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Hi – first of all, I’m sorry to hear that your experience at Indigo has not been positive. This is disappointing for me to hear, but helpful feedback. I personally hate to hear that you think the People team is “talking nonsense” – and I would be happy to meet on this directly with you. It’s correct that I try hard to spend time in front of the company on a regular basis to talk about what we’re hearing from employees through regular pulse surveys and I talk a lot about being open and transparent….this because we want to promote feedback, positive and negative, as it gives us insights we might not otherwise get. On compensation, we benchmark this annually using external market data, and every employee receives equity upon hiring and annually as well as a bonus, based on performance. If you have concerns about low compensation, we on the People team would be happy to discuss. You mention an IPO; our mission as a company is to help farmers feed the planet in a sustainable way. We think by doing that we will also create a big and successful company, but if the most important criteria in being at the company is a future IPO, it is probably not the right fit. Thank you again for your comments and taking the time to write into Glassdoor.

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Decent base salaries. Due to the company's structure and goal shifting, you get experience in a lot of different aspects of the company. Past non-negotiable goal milestones, there is some flexibility, you have the opportunity and freedom to make the job your own. Good work-life balance, and commendable company goals around sustainable ag etc. made working here stand out.

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Raises and bonuses not given for several years due to company not reaching unattainable goals. Lots of turnaround from constant layoffs. During my time there, I had a new manager about every year. No clear goals, and when they are clear they constantly shift. It is hard to grow salary wise within the company, especially when money is tight. You will be able to get more responsibilities and learn new skills, but don't expect your pay to reflect this. Lots of financial mismanagement within the company causing current R&D funding and operations to be barely present.

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