Hi Nate, can you comment a bit more about this section?
We’ve heard multiple cases of people being fired after something negative happens in their life (personal, conflict at work, etc) that causes them to be temporarily less productive at work. While Redwood management have made some efforts to offer support to staff (e.g. offering unpaid leave on some occasions), we believe it may not have been done consistently, and are aware of cases where termination happened with little warning.
I feel like this would be among the more negative updates I would make about Redwood if true, but think it would be possible that there are differences in how a specific event is seen by different parties. Specifically, these seem to reflect weaker organizational or management practices that aren’t to do with Redwood making an “unusual bet” (though relevant to it being a young organization).
Specifically:
Has Redwood ever terminated someone for losing productivity that they otherwise wouldn’t have, due to a personal life event?
Does Redwood have a policy around leave that includes support for personal life events?
Does Redwood have a clear termination process including warnings before a termination where reasonable, and opportunities for an employee to course-correct with the support of the organization?
Does Redwood have a clear termination process including warnings before a termination where reasonable
I think I’m an unusual case, but I found out a short term contract had been ended early through an automated email, and I received no response when contacting several Redwood staff to check if I had been terminated.
I think this is very uncharacteristic though: they’re all good people and I’m net optimistic about Redwood’s future. I think they can improve their communication around hiring/trialling/firing processes though.
Edit: I’ve chatted with Buck and it seems like this was a communication problem.
Hi Nate, can you comment a bit more about this section?
I feel like this would be among the more negative updates I would make about Redwood if true, but think it would be possible that there are differences in how a specific event is seen by different parties. Specifically, these seem to reflect weaker organizational or management practices that aren’t to do with Redwood making an “unusual bet” (though relevant to it being a young organization).
Specifically:
Has Redwood ever terminated someone for losing productivity that they otherwise wouldn’t have, due to a personal life event?
Does Redwood have a policy around leave that includes support for personal life events?
Does Redwood have a clear termination process including warnings before a termination where reasonable, and opportunities for an employee to course-correct with the support of the organization?
I think I’m an unusual case, but I found out a short term contract had been ended early through an automated email, and I received no response when contacting several Redwood staff to check if I had been terminated.I think this is very uncharacteristic though: they’re all good people and I’m net optimistic about Redwood’s future. I think they can improve their communication around hiring/trialling/firing processes though.
Edit: I’ve chatted with Buck and it seems like this was a communication problem.