Interesting & Exciting Start-Up Culture - Anonymous employee Pax8 Employee Review

One of the biggest downfalls is the lack of training. There is training for sales and other new hires during onboarding, but that seems to be where it ends. Because the company is growing so quickly, employees are often promoted to a manager or director level with ZERO guidance or training on how to be a successful manager and represent the company. This is contributing to employee turnover and it needs to be said over and over again that being good at your job does not translate directly into being a good manager. The company has a whole group supposedly dedicated to training but I have found their delivery to be seriously lacking. Another con - if you're not in sales or marketing, prepare to feel like you're basically invisible. Be ready to sit through monthly meetings praising the same people over and over for basically doing their job (i.e. attending marketing shows, hitting sales quota, etc). All other groups are pretty well left out of company recognition or special events to celebrate success. Constantly changing initiatives make it hard to have a clear direction and focus at times. By trying to do too much at once, everyone gets overwhelmed and things start falling through the cracks.