Write memos instead of leading your team - Senior Leader Upwork Employee Review

3.0
Jun 11, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

I absolutely love my team. We have some incredibly bright and driven people at Upwork that could play a crucial role in taking this organization to the next level.

Cons

Unfortunately, I’m at a breaking point. I’m handcuffed to my desk 24/7 writing and editing weekly updates to our C-Suite, drafting Weekly, Monthly and Quarterly business reviews. And, when this is done, I’ll spend the rest of my night responding to the commentary. I have zero time for my team, zero time to make progress towards anything strategic or long term and am at the mercy of short-term, knee jerk reactions prescribed by our leader that doesn’t seem to trust the team they put in place to run this business.

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Pros

Pay and benefits were pretty good. Only reason I stayed.

Cons

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