I was very excited to join WHOOP when I got the offer, but my time there didn’t live up to the expectations I had. Cross functional teamwork is either nonexistent or very disorganized. Leadership is also very poor. They want the company to grow but with no clear steps on how to get there.
When I say leadership is horrible, I mean it. Imagine trying to start the work day only to find out you’ve been locked out of everything. Till this day I’m not aware of the CEO (or any other senior leadership) publicly addressing the layoff. Goes to show how little they care about the employees who pour their heart and soul into the company.
So sad to see a truly great product being led by a bunch of incompetent, unsympathetic people. Employees previously had to accrue vacation and about a month before the layoff, they changed to having flexible PTO. With the timing of everything, you can’t help but think they only altered their PTO policy so they don’t have to payoff accrued vacation to employees when they leave the company.
There are so many flaws internally, whether it be systems related or workflow related. I’ve heard some people praise how the culture at WHOOP is amazing. It’s average at best. Benefits are also mediocre for tech standards.