Leans on "autonomous culture" instead of doing any real management training - Product Marketing Manager Wise Employee Review

2.0
Sep 28, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

- Interesting product space with lots of challenges and opportunities for strategic thinking - Smart and motivated people

Cons

- Management constantly touts "autonomy" as a key value but in reality, they don't want to help reports succeed or be involved in their work. There isn't any management training, so managers are left to their own devices on how they want to judge your work without actually offering any support. - Since going public, a lot more scrutiny on proving impact, to the point where it's become common for several team members to get PIPS or worse, be let go without any opportunity to act on feedback. If you're not ready to grind, this isn't the right place for you. - Hard to get promoted without really fighting for it

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Wise Response
4y
Hello, thanks so much for taking the time to write this review. We appreciate you highlighting your experience with management. Lead training and support is something our People Development team is constantly working on and improving — we'll definitely take your thoughts into account. Navigating autonomous teams can definitely be tricky, and we're always doing our best to get it right. Hopefully you were able to speak to your former lead before you left Wise, but if not, we'd be happy to have a confidential conversation with you — just email us et employerbrand@wise.com. Best wishes, Karolina

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Wise Response
1mo
Thank you for taking the time to write a review. You raised a number of concerns and I hope you were able to discuss these before you left. If you’d be comfortable to share more details, we’d really appreciate it. Please drop us an email at employerbrand@wise.com.
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