Vistage Worldwide reviews

Lots of leadership and direction changes in a short period of time. Focus is all about the numbers/costs. Time spent tracking could be sent doing important work that leads to additional member/Chairs/revenue. Less respect for the input of experienced staff. New leaders think their ideas are best and implement them without regard to implications. Bonus plans are changed mid year. Compensation has gone down significantly the past 2 years. Lots of people are hired while our goals go up. Fewer leads available to work with.

They do not promote from within/rarely do. One of our managers openly said that in a meeting at one point. This place is great at hiring top talent, but they're just as good at losing top talent as well. I've never seen a company rotate CEOs, CMOs, COOs, SVPs, Sales Managers like this place did. It was unreal and unsettling. Management never really was looking out for their employees, they were just looking out for themselves and their numbers. Because they never promoted from within or utilized anyone to their full potential some of the best and brightest and most respected people left. I've never so many talented people leave a company on such a regular basis. A mass exodus is a very good word for it. No one was getting fired, everyone was just fed up with the fact they knew they could be doing so much more, but Vistage never wanted to give anyone a chance. Vistage is a steady, profitable ship that is set in its ways and will not go off course. They recently cut commissions in multiple departments. In one dept they said they would actually raise the commissions and instead they actually lowered them. It's very sad to see so many great people work so hard for a company that doesn't care about them, but they try and make it seem like they do. There are more Pros than Cons regarding Vistage, but they are not forward thinking, they have hit a ceiling with their production and they will not be making any sort of impact in the business world in the future. Everything about this company is old school...the Chairs, the Members, the business model itself. Until they drastically change something their level of growth will be very, very small.