Headspace reviews

I optimistically wanted to give the merger some time to settle this last year - It’s been pretty turbulent & heavily detrimental to the organization we knew and loved before. These are my most concerning observations over the last 12 months: • Inauthentic & inexperienced post-merger leadership team, inclusive of CEO. • 90% of legacy Headspace C-Suite ousted and replaced by all of Ginger CEOs “yes” people, creating immediate (brand) imbalance, skewed diversity of thought, and almost total loss of Headspace DNA & knowledge • (Openly & Unabashedly) no formal evaluation or selection process whatsoever for selection of post-merger leadership team, in the face of the most important time in our modern world for us to lead by example in being fair & equitable. • Diabolically inconsistent integration experience to date • Painful journey to a unified product offering, which still feels consistent and disjointed depending on who you’re talking to in the business on any given day • Majority of leadership team openly still don’t practice mediation/mindfulness or even use the product itself • HUGE backward steps with psychological safety across the org since merger • Toxic positivity abounds - Real-talk has been stamped out • Weird new resistance to direct and authentic feedback ownership & management. ‘Courageous Heart’ was seemingly buried alive, with the roll-out of new Core Values post-merger which still don’t resonate • Inauthentic & arbitrary layoffs as we got ready for Christmas (!). Terribly insensitive timing and void of any clear layoff rationale.

Poor communication from senior leaders about what the goals are Poor planning overall around OKRs. It takes forever to know what the foci are and what budget looks like. CEO acts without considering those impacted, he’s not human centered at all. Way too many c-suite leaders for a small company Company doesn’t hold people accountable for behavior that goes against values, particularly white men and women at the company The company says it wants to get meditation and mental health resources into everyone’s hands but it refuses to make any meaningful moves to build relationships with consumers who aren’t White. When asked to consider it, two of the leaders bring up those communities inability to pay as if there aren’t people unable to pay across all demographics. Many leaders within the organization lack the ability to have difficult conversations and ghost you. People get promoted for appearing to be doing a lot but they are really just looking busy without accomplishing much.