Vantaggi
+ Remote-first policy + Good benefits (although they have steadily declined)
Svantaggi
- Leadership team is inexperienced and in over their heads, struggling with long-term strategy and execution. - Favoritism and politics run rampant. - Career advancement opportunities seem limited and potentially biased. - Company direction and performance have been existentially concerning - Profound disconnect between stated values and actual culture and practices. - An "unlimited" PTO policy which is definitely not. - No 401K match My time at Guild was disappointing. While the company's mission sounds admirable, there was a significant gap between the rhetoric and the reality. The leadership team is almost universally inexperienced and seemed ill-equipped to face challenges and steer the company effectively. This was evident in the near constant organizational changes, including multiple rounds of layoffs that affected over a third of the company in the space of a year. This seems directly at odds with the company's stated focus on professional development and re-skilling. Career progression at Guild was frustrating. Despite a lot of time and energy invested into their "revolutionary" approach to professional development, politics, favoritism and nepotism seemed rampant, undermining morale. Guild's business performance also raised concerns. During my tenure, we experienced the loss of multiple key clients and declining sales, stemming from issues with adapting to customer feedback and market needs. Rather than address these gaps, leadership decided on an approach of maintaining revenue targets through repeated staff reductions. This put more pressure on those left behind and often times didn't make any sense, especially for a company advocating for workforce development. The worst part is that I don't see a lot of hope for the company to turn things around, at least with this leadership team. The disconnect between Guild's external messaging and internal practices was substantial and problematic. I can't see why any company would want to engage with Guild when it's so obvious that they themselves don't practice what they preach or realize any of the apparent benefits of their platform.