A crumbling top-line having a domino effect on the bottom-line
Pros
It is remote and that's that.
Cons
"If you do the right things at the top-line the bottom-line will follow" and that is where Socure spectacularly fails. 1. Product Leadership - After countless reorgs (one every 4 months), product retreats (one every quarter) I have never seen a single piece of coherent strategy, vision being trickled down. Product leadership remain clueless on the strategy, main offerings of the flagship product, even three months before the release. Multiple products in the portfolio are going through an identity crisis on why they exist, what purpose should they serve, can they generate revenue (after years in development). Product leaders at the top seem to have zero accountability for product failures and always wiggle their way out by proposing another reorg, layoff or a "retreat". Zero data-driven decision making, almost no culture of documentation or challenging for clarity of thought. Poor meeting hygiene. Not a single meeting in your calendar will be driven in an objective manner and will meander in all directions achieving nothing at the end of it. Extremely bloated decision making process, requires multi-level traversing, consuming close to 4 weeks just to get everyone on the same page. 2. Data science Leadership - Lacks disciplined focus and tenacity to take innovative bets and cut down on dead-end projects. Data-scientists are often acting as product managers, engineering managers, while juggling up-to 3 high intensity projects at a time. 3. Sales Leaderships - The gatekeepers to customer access and process optimisation. It feels like you are dealing with a corrupt public sector where process are deliberately complicated to distance you from continuous discovery and innovation. 4. Executive leaderships - All hands are one of the most boring things at Socure. The CEO lacks the charisma and charm to motivate and inspire folks. He has zero skills of story telling and lacks skills to build a culture that promotes innovation and to recognise and surround himself with good talent. Because of this flawed top-line, lot of great talent at the bottom line dies a slow death. I have worked with some of the most hard working and talented folks at the bottom line. All of them frustrated, stressed and lacking the focus and direction to direct their hard work that actually creates long term sustainable value for Socure. And hence the result is a mediocre product that’s waiting to be gobbled up by a nimble, fast moving and innovative competitor. I wouldn't recommend Socure even if you are at your most desperation. Your talent, drive and passion towards your career will die here. You will be working under a weak leadership and their best advice to you will be "Hang in there pal". So, do your future self a favour and look somewhere else. If you have to live off of unemployment benefits so be it!
