A company I am being considered for- I noticed that online reviews mention management challenges and layoffs, but when I look at LinkedIn, I also see many employees have been with the company long-term, which suggests stability. How should I interpret that contrast?

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Active Campaign

Sample size, one time RIF due to market conditions, survivorship bias. Honestly this could go many ways, only way is to try to do more due diligence; not enough info here.

JPMC is a good example; have a few classmates who have worked there — tons of people who have been there their whole careers (20-30 years), but then they do a crazy number of reorgs every 6 months across various areas of the company when leadership turns over and decides on new strategic priorities, or to “thin the herd.” Capital One is sort of like that too, though I get the sense they’re better managed. I have to imagine Amazon is a lot like that as well.

I’ve seen a lot of orgs like that, I think the question is do you think they are “over the hump” and RIFs will stop? Or is it a pattern in which they will continue? Hard to assess but there is a big difference depending on current momentum. I would ask how is the company growing, etc to try to figure out.

I’d just say something like, “I’ve seen some articles around recent restructuring at the company — have these changes impacted your teams and how are you thinking about strategy moving forward?”

Something like that, not too defensive and open ended.

But once you get the offer, totally fair before you accept to straight up ask, is the team still being impacted by restructuring? Do you imagine this will happen again over the next year? That sort of thing.

You’re not going to get meaningful data from li or any social media.

Hey. I worked at glassdoor for 10 years. It’s really reasonable to bring this concern up to a recruiter/hiring manager. They should feel
comfortable speaking to it, and do they don’t, red flag. You can frame it as you know better than to believe everything you read online but felt it was smart to address.

If it’s a large company, most parts of an org aren’t impacted by a RIF in any capacity.

Do you think it’s inappropriate to reach out to individuals with similar title in the company to ask their perspective of the reviews?

I would if I were you!

Btw the company is Active Campaign. What’s the word on ActiveCampaign? Anyone familiar?

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