Avoid - Recensione dipendente - Investment Officer presso LeapFrog

1,0
6 ott 2017
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

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They're good at hiring Some inspiring colleagues Travel Good name

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Main reason for writing this is that there are about ten reviews on here which I realized come straight from Leapfrog's PR playbook. It's totally transparent to anyone who's worked there more than a minute. I'm shocked but not surprised by that decision from the PR team.............. They are obsessed with PR. Especially the CEO. The size of the PR team they have is crazy for a PE firm. They're really good at selling a story but not too good at much else and it doesn't take long to feel like you're working somewhere unethical. Most of the recruits don't last long, which is sad because they get some awesome people on board. Theres also a lot of really dissatisfied employees who are total sycophants in public but whine over + over behind closed doors... doesn't make for much of a culture. Couple questions to ask when you're interviewing: what impact are you ACTUALLY having? No not the number of people your investments touch, the actual impact. Why are there hardly any senior women?Why are you asking me to take a pay cut when you're supposed to be making good money? Will I get to own my work? (They're actually putting in the job postings now that you 'might have to do photocopying' which tells you a ton abt how they value talent....but at least theyre being honest) If you're ok with their answers to all that, then by all means take the offer. But don't say this site didn't warn you.

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Risposta di LeapFrog
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I’d like to address some of the points that have been raised. As a high growth company, we are actively taking the steps to ensure we build a culture that continues to attract the best people to LeapFrog, and keep them. Our recently introduced annual employee survey and 360 review process provides channels to ensure everyone is heard and the feedback, both positive and negative is acted on. On the question as to why there aren’t more senior women at the Firm, it’s simply because there is no silver bullet. We’ve made recruitment of women in general, as well as senior women a priority for the Firm for some time now. In fact we are very proud to say that we are trending well above the industry average with junior to mid-level females at 47.8% e (against “WEF - Women in PE 2015” of 13% ) and senior level at 25.9% (against “Prequin Women in PE 2016” of around 10%). We know we have further to go on this, and it remains core to our recruitment strategy. Regarding your observations on job postings, you are correct and our strategy is deliberate. We are aiming to make sure people coming in have an accurate view of what their role will entail. We have a saying at LeapFrog, “everyone gets coffee”…and sometimes everyone photocopies too! We aren’t a multi-tiered investment house, and we’d rather work towards meritocracy which benefits everyone, not just the senior folks. Regarding the impact of our work, I think our consumers tell it better than I ever could http://www.leapfroginvest.com/videos/leapfrog-10-years-100-million-people-reached/ . Finally, if you’ve worked here, you’ll know our communications team covers PR, support for IR, marketing, internal coms, support for portfolio companies, etc. So it’s a very small team that does big work. Importantly, this is a small team that is big on integrity and simply has never posted a false review on Glassdoor. - Head of People

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5,0
22 ott 2019
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

- A unique opportunity to work with a high caliber, positive and dynamic team from across the globe. You'll meet incredible people that you'll learn from and who will enrich both your work and life - Opportunity to travel and learn from diverse investee firms in emerging markets - Small functional teams mean wide exposure to relevant disciplines and thus greater learning potential

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- Opportunity to further enhance firm culture as the company grows, and to get the right infrastructure in place to ensure teams are resourced and empowered to succeed - Opportunity to provide additional mentoring and pathways to facilitate career progression

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5,0
22 ott 2017
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

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LeapFrog unites thinkers of tomorrow, those who embrace new progressive ideas of doing good and those who don't live for the sake of greed only. You would meet folks from all walks of life, very diverse, very friendly and down-to-earth people you would call friends at the end of the day. The level of thinking is top-notch and you will see that your humanistic aspirations go up as well, as a result of such new-wave environment. One gets to enjoy global retreats, work-life flexibility, office lunch, and top people - here I mean not necessarily in terms of formal education (which might easily be a mere piece of paper) but rather in terms of their true quality that shows in world-changing ideas and inspiring conversations.

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As the firm is relatively young, even though it might produce top-quartile PE performance, it does not pay near the top quartile comp (which means the promise of top-quartile returns is not in line with the logical conclusion that it would translate in top-quartile benefits); pension is not even worth mentioning. That is the primary reason why it's difficult to attract top talent and difficult to keep younger people.

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