Struggling to Grow - Customer Success Grow.com Employee Review

2.0
Dec 12, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Grow's work environment was pretty easy going and relaxed, they were okay with you not being at your desk (working on the couches, a booth, etc) so long as you took care of your customers or completed your projects. The building their in is nice and new and they always had a fully stocked kitchen and Coke Freestyle Machine. The CS team did lots of fun team building activities that helped to relieve the stress of dealing with upset customers.

Cons

The product never really worked like it was supposed to, and with every update it felt like you took one step forward and then quickly five steps back. Feedback from customers and the CS team were constantly ignored until it was too late leaving the customer in a bad place and the CS team to deal with the blow back. Issues with the product plagued customers and Grow alike causing you to create your own work around's to try and resolve issues and save customers from leaving. Senior management, and some lower level managers, preached about being transparent but would constantly evade questions or attempt to give answers that had nothing to do with the question just to appease the employee. There were several situations in which other managers would talk about other managers and their employees causing mistrust and hard feelings. This caused me to lose a lot of respect for several co-workers at Grow and I didn't feel like I could be honest or trust them afterwards.

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5.0
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Pros

Good, smart humans working on some fun problems.

Cons

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2.0
Oct 18, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

They have some great people working for the company. It was good to learn from them and build my network. The industry is a cool and exciting one to be in. Learning BI and data has been a valuable skill for me to grow my career.

Cons

I don't see Grow succeeding and they have been going down for a few years now. They make quick and drastic pivots to the product, marketing, and overall business model without giving time to see if the changes will actually work. That was extremely frustrating to deal with when I worked for them. They don't put enough money into the product to make it stable or add key features to make it competitive in the market. The product is a buggy mess and so frustrating to use. One of the reasons I left was because I was tired of using Grow and dealing with all the bugs it has constantly. It's also missing key features that even basic BI tools have. It's overpriced and difficult to sell and even more difficult to keep customers. I had a lot of hope for Grow but I'm just not seeing it succeeding anymore. They focus too much on the financials instead of making strategic business decisions. That is due to an Accountant being the right hand of the CEO. Unfortunately, I see more layoffs coming soon. Hopefully, the CEO isn't on vacation in Mexico this time like he was when they laid off most of the sales team.

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