Headspace reviews

2.5

29% would recommend to a friend

(381 total reviews)
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Tom Pickett

17% approve of CEO

23% positive business outlook

Headspace has an employee rating of 2.5 out of 5 stars, based on 381 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Headspace employee rating is 35% below average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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381 reviews
4.0
Sep 16, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

The working environment is very good. You don't really feel stressed and people care how you feel.

Cons

A lot of miscommunication between management. The company grew very fast and it came with some pain.

1.0
Sep 16, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Catered Food, Good Benefits, Good workspace

Cons

Mismanagement - The leadership team clearly does not not understand how to manage a team. Starting with the fact that it grew too fast 100-300 in just over a year and then expecting growth to accelerate as function of employee count. Understand that your product is too expensive and in the same price as Netflix, why would anyone want to pay the same price as Netflix? I was at the company just under a year. I quit when i found out that my manager was demoted to the same level as me and i wasn't told for 3 weeks. It showed up on the internal org charts but nobody wanted to tell me. I decided it was better to quit than work for a company that really does not know how to manage its employees The company has been facing a deluge of employees quitting. I don't think Rich or the management team understands what it takes to keep employees happy.

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Headspace Response
6y
It is my absolute priority to ensure that our employees can thrive in a happy and healthy environment. I'm sorry that this wasn't your experience at Headspace and I will use your feedback to help inform how we can continue to make positive changes moving forwards. Wishing you the very best in your new endeavor. Lou Cartwright VP People
4.0
Jul 9, 2019

What is happening

Recommend
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Pros

Beautiful office, smart, respectful and talented co-workers, quality content and product, inspiring mission, great work/life balance.

Cons

Constantly changing leadership, unsure if a large/small group of people will be let go unexpectedly (and immediately), multiple people quit every two weeks, unsure of job title and responsibilities, company structure changes every 3-5 weeks, goals change even more rapidly, and approval process is unclear.

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Headspace Response
6y
Thank you for sharing your candid feedback with us. Please know the leadership team is aware of the feedback we are receiving, and we take it to heart. We appreciate the pros you've shared and are keen to learn more about and address the challenges you've mentioned. If you're open to having a confidential conversation to help address these concerns, I'd like to make myself available to you whenever would be most convenient. Please feel free to reach out at any time. Your feedback and partnership helps us to take action and enables us to work better, together. Thank you, Caroline Escalante VP of People Operations
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