AppSumo reviews

Not so much a con, but AppSumo is growing very fast so it will be interesting to see how management navigates these uncharted waters and ensure the "pros" of the company remain and do not get lost while scaling.

Severely inexperienced leadership team running a fast growing company. They base their entire “strategy” on books they’ve read and anecdotes they’ve found online about ‘unicorn’ companies, which they so desperately want to be. It begs the question whether any of them actually has an original thought. Everything this team does is highly reactionary which is a telltale sign of ineptitude. The people on this team have inflated titles for their level of experience. For example, if you were formerly managing a social media account for a company, you are now qualified to be the VP of Operations. Or if you’ve been in recruiting for a few years, you are now qualified to run an entire HR department. These are all easily searchable on Linkedin. There’s a giant lack of cross department cohesiveness, as well as any sort of top-down communication. Anyone not on the leadership team often finds out important and impactful information in a water cooler type chat via Slack (gossip) or in the middle of a company meeting without warning. This is causing mass confusion and frustration in all departments. The majority of the recent departures are all higher level employees with years of experience, which is a huge red flag. They clearly recognize something that no one else is seeing, or they’re tired of a company unwilling to own up to the real issues, which is the more likely scenario. Benefits are just okay. Health insurance is subpar, no bonus, no equity, it’s nearly impossible to unplug on vacation or even at night. The word ‘culture’ is force fed by people who have been at the company for a while and think that serving free alcohol on Fridays is what creates inclusion. That might have been cool 5-10 years ago, but it’s pretty played out at this point.