Toxic culture; awful leadership - Anonymous employee Grubhub Employee Review

1.0
Jul 24, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The work itself is interesting, especially the cutting-edge technologies used; relatively smart employees, nothing extraordinary here though.

Cons

1- Toxic culture that promotes self-advancement up the ladder instead of collaboration 2- Mean-spirited CEO who once made the joke, "I realized this is the first I come to the NYC office and no one got fired! hahaha." What kind of person jokes about destroying people's livelihood? 3- No collaboration between people. People hoard information to secure their position at the company. 4- Sink or swim. Cut throat environment. No mentorship.

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Grubhub Response
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We appreciate your thoughts and thank you for the review. Building a positive workplace that encourages collaboration is a very important focus for us, and your feedback will help us be better. Thanks, again!

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