Not last long - Anonymous employee One Planet Group Employee Review

3.0
Mar 2, 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

I worked more than 3 years and here are cons Nice and friendly co-worker, everyone supportive, Lunch snack provide (even lunch provided by CEO mother in law and food is bad). company pay hundred thousand dollar to support his mother in law, so bias

Cons

Chartity donation for CEO religion and his tax deduction Spent luxury trips (personal family trips) in company cards No work life balance, so tired and stressfull even before covid Very few PTO days (15 days and some self-care), it is hard to take PTO since workload is a lot, easily work 12hrs per day Company and CEO wants to promote best place to work but it is a shame that nobody wants to vote. Next day CEO is very upset and ask everyone need to vote haha. It is not work life balance and NOT best place to work, true voice want to raise Employee uncomfortable to involve CEO religion (Bahai) in all company activities. Who is Bahai will be quickly promoted.

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One Planet Group Response
3y
We have read your review, and would like to respond to some of the comments you made. Our CEO incorporates his values and faith within the fiber of the company. He is very open about how his life experiences have shaped who he is as a human and as a leader. Born in Iran, he was forced to flee at the age of sixteen due to persecution for his religious beliefs. As a Baha’i, Payam believes deeply in equity, unity, and diversity and inclusion. One of the many things we are proud of at One Planet Group is the many organizations we have supported over the years. We welcome you to check out our Foundations page to learn more about our involvement in charitable giving, Service Days, and organizations we love: https://www.oneplanetgroup.com/foundation To address a more minor point, our offices currently provide catered lunches from local vendors. Our aim is to provide our team with nourishing and healthy food options via lunch, kitchens full of healthy snacks, and team activities throughout the year. - The People Team

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5.0
Oct 14, 2024
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Pros

- Being a smaller company, employees are given independence to voice new ideas and try new things. Managers are always there if someone wants help and it really is a great company in terms of giving employees independence and not micro-managing. - The company provides lunches daily for all team members as well as a full kitchen stocked with many healthy snacks and drinks - The company has many different offices around the world including California and Utah in the US, Toranto and Victoria in Canada, as well as Armenia and Guatemala. While almost all team members never change offices indefinetly, some work in different offices for a week or so and its always fun having departments with team members from different backgrounds. - One Planet provides 5-10 service days (paid days off) per year where employees are encouraged but not required to do volunteer work. I think most people love to give back to others when they can and these are always a great oportunity. This is in addition to a conventional PTO system of 15 days off plus holidays. - The company has two company parties a year with one being near the end of the summer and the second being a holiday party to end the year.

Cons

- The 15 PTO days off a year does not include sick days. - In the past if Christmas Eve or New Years Eve falls on a weekday, it has been a "manditory" pto day. People have the option to work those days, if they dont want to use their PTO, but it would be nice if they were just holidays.

2.0
Apr 11, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The office is clean, and there is food in the office and parking.

Cons

Salaries at this company hover near the lower end of the spectrum, and securing a raise feels akin to searching for a needle in a haystack. The much-touted “profit share” payouts, like elusive mythical creatures, materialize infrequently and prove disappointingly insignificant when they do. Curiously, Payam proudly maintains that OPG is a profitable venture, and its annual profits seem to swell year after year. Yet, paradoxically, the sole beneficiary of these profit shares is the very capitalist who disavows their capitalist identity—an intriguing enigma. Meanwhile, employees grapple with astronomical healthcare contributions, a stark contrast to what counterparts pay at similar companies in the Bay Area. Although Payam has never explicitly stated it, the company’s trajectory appears to favor hiring team members outside of the U.S. as a means to maximize the size of his bank account —a direction that has persisted for years.

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One Planet Group Response
2y
Thank you for taking the time to offer this feedback. Our company has an open and honest culture, and we try to be transparent about the review process and how promotions and raises take place. We are always looking at our processes and trying to improve. As of last year, we are only hiring employees who can report to an office full-time, so we are clustering our hiring efforts around our physical office locations – Walnut Creek, CA; American Fork, UT; Victoria, BC; Yerevan, Armenia; and Dnipro, Ukraine. We are categorically against the remote work trend and have written about it extensively on our company’s blog.
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