Misguided, and getting worse - Recensione dipendente - Dipendente anonimo presso Woden

2,0
2 nov 2022
Dipendente anonimo
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

You'll hear this from employees in similarly-sized organizations, but truly, the non-management employees are great. Woden emphasizes the need for cultural fits in the hiring process, and throughout my time there, the cohesion between everyone made getting through each day a bit easier. In other words, it's easy to make new friends.

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Woden embodies the spirit of misguided direction, false promises, and manipulation. It was routine to be gaslit when receiving feedback from management on projects, and it was common to be scolded for doing exactly what you were instructed to do. Rather than saying "Woden employees are overworked," a better sentence might be: Woden employees are given unrealistic standards to achieve. While your work may be acknowledged, you'll be criticized soon after and shamed behind the scenes. This issue is made worse by the fact most employees juggle impossible "time management" due to a lack of a project manager. It's a circus. One of Woden's key internal talking points is: "Setup Wodenworks everyday for success." While the team members themselves indeed do that, management does the opposite. Any concerns you may express about your position or your work are rarely taken seriously. As a Woden employee, you'll always be left second-guessing yourself.

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Risposta di Woden
3y
Thank you for the feedback, and we’re appreciative of the words and encouragement for the people on the team. And, it’s clear from your comments that while we’ve made that investment in cultivating the right people, the same commitment didn’t extend to the lack of support you were given here. You noted that Woden has a lot of similarities to other like-sized organizations. The launch of the StoryAccelerator product and the hiring of a person to lead it certainly fits that boat. We agree that the skills and talents of the person in that role were not a match with the requests and reality of what it was. In hindsight, we needed a different role than the one we hired, and that divergence clearly created an experience that is inconsistent with what we need to offer our team. Thanks for the feedback, as difficult as it is to read.

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5,0
3 mar 2026
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

The growth here is unlike anything I've experienced before. You can feel yourself improving week over week. Feedback is consistent, thoughtful, and genuinely comes from a place of care rather than criticism. The culture is a real standout: my coworkers are talented, collaborative, and everyone is genuinely aligned around the same goal.

Svantaggi

The pace is fast and the bar is high. Which is honestly one of the things I love most about it. If you come in ready to work hard, you'll thrive.

1,0
13 ago 2025
Dipendente anonimo
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

None. They have an abusive founder, low pay, and impossible workloads for a mediocre product. Staff turnover is tremendous - almost no one lasts a year. Then they hire new college grads. It's a factory.

Svantaggi

Everything here is a con.

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Risposta di Woden
10mo
We appreciate your feedback. And you're right: this does accurately reflect our past hiring processes. We're happy to report Woden hasn't had any turnover in a year (since this posting in August 2025) and have invested in major updates to our processes, employee persona, and our company's cultural structures and systems. For example, we haven't hired new college grads since 2023. These changes, I hope, can be seen in both our current team and the transformation we're creating for our clients. Again, we appreciate your feedback and are sorry you had a negative experience.
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