Faire reviews

3.8

66% would recommend to a friend

(429 total reviews)
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Max Rhodes

74% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

Faire has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 429 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Faire employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail and wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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429 reviews
1.0
Sep 9, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

It is a rocketship in a winner-takes-all market, so financially it will do really well.

Cons

- Middle managers often bully employees into submission. Perhaps bullying is acceptable at other local Kitchener-Waterloo companies, so managers bring it with them to Faire. - Managers have way too much power in the organization. The manager always has the last word in rating, regardless of how good the peer feedback is in perf reviews. The manager also has too much power in deciding what someone gets to work on. So if the manager doesn't like someone, they can and do often screw over the rank-file employees. - People ops (HR) works for managers. So bringing up manager issues to people-ops does not do anything.

3.0
May 28, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- smart group of people where you can learn from - code quality and attention to DX and technical roadmap - good perks and benefits

Cons

- terrible work-life balance (it can be team and level dependant but overall they will expect a lot from you which will inevitably make you work hard and long hours) - Their recent focus on cutting costs started as a sensible movement where you avoid waste and limiting expenses where it doesn't makes sense. But after a year it has evolved into something more than that where they are just focused on cutting the costs, laying off and getting rid of people. They will send you a low quality swag for your anniversary (and nothing else throughout the year) and they started selling their swag to their employees!! - For senior+ engineers they just want more and more. They have vaguely defined expectations (leading teams, becoming a thought leader, architecting complex systems, etc.) and good luck showing evidence. No matter how many successful projects you have launched and how much great peer feedback you've received, they will find something to nitpick! - Despite all the hard work and high expectations, most people will receive around 1 to 2% base salary increase and if your rating is not good, it will be 0 (check their blind page to cross check this!) - They launch a lot of experiments and monitor the results (which is really good). When they see results that they don't like, even when you find an explanation, they will likely blame you but on the surface "we run experiments to learn from them". Also the infrastructure is still premature and some metrics are noisy or just wrong (people will learn to ignore certain metrics!)

1.0
Sep 6, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- The team comprises intellectually-driven and competent colleagues. - The company maintains comprehensive and clear documentation, ensuring smooth onboarding and ongoing operations.

Cons

Certainly! Here's a more professional rephrasing of your workplace review: - The product closely resembles other e-commerce platforms, lacking distinctiveness. - The mobile leadership team seems predominantly focused on OKRs, often overlooking the importance of fostering a dynamic and vibrant team environment. - There seems to be an imbalance in diversity, with a noticeable concentration around certain nationalities. - Benefits and perks are on par with industry averages, but there is room for improvement. - Compensation does not appear to be competitive. - Taking paid time off can be challenging, though this experience might be team-specific. - There is a potential risk of burnout due to work demands. - The mobile codebase feels overly complex, which might affect efficiency and onboarding for new team members.

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