Indigo reviews

Recent layoffs were poorly handled, many knew they were being laid off well before it happened due to a "tech error". When the CEO was asked how he would deal with the low morale after lay offs, he specifically stated that that's the nature of this company and "if you're not happy, Indigo is not the place for you". With the COVID-19 pandemic, lab personnel were forced to continue coming into the lab under the guise of working in agriculture. Employees were told to come into work with few safety measures, masks (not required for some time and sparsely available), or protocols in place until a month after the initial stay at home order. Employees have been lied to about precautions taken by upper management regarding cleaning of office and lab spaces. There is such a complete disregard for safety of employees it's almost comical.

It is a start-up still (despite what some executives say now given the volume of employees), so changes are abrupt and dramatic. For example, many outside sales reps were laid off without being employed by Indigo for even 90 days. If not laid off/let go, your job description when hired *will* change drastically. If it does not, you are in an outlier role within the company; certainly not sales or management. There is something very important to be said for people who care about the health of the ag industry when working on a platform like Marketplace (Indigo's #1 focus for 2020). They have finally put a few managers/directors in place who are motivated particularly by the commodity trade, but no one can seem to figure out how to effectively communicate market info amongst teams. Management turnover is very high. It seems you have to build rapport with a new manager every couple of months, if not every quarter. In agriculture, you find a strong atmosphere of "people do business with people." However, people often don't do business with people if the company that person works for is known in the industry as being untrustworthy and for not executing transactions effectively.