![]() ![]() Yoli members almost always only wanted to talk about Yoli, so it got exhausting spending time with them, but we were never given any breaks. We often had to have meals with them, in which the time or meal pay was not compensated. The members are nice people and are ultimately just trying to build their business, but they can be intense about Yoli and anyone connected to it. No boundaries when it came to spending time with members.īecause I traveled a lot and went to almost every event, as well as working on projects about individual people, I had a lot of interaction with Yoli members. ![]() They were not at all understanding of her being a mom and sometimes needing to leave or even work from home if her child was sick, and it eventually drove her to quit. I traveled with her and worked with her a LOT and would have never said she brought emotions into her work.) They also basically pushed the product specialist out because she was a woman and they wanted a man in the position. They did not like having women in charge, and explicitly told my boss that they would be hiring someone over because she was “too emotional.” (Which, for the record, is completely inaccurate. I never complained about this to anyone, but it got so bad that other members of my team also noticed this. In person, he forgot my name, and when speaking to both video people, he never looked me in the eye and only spoke to the male videographer, even when my male coworker would try and continually bring me into the conversation (he was super cool and respectful). In emails, he would completely ignore me and ask what the male videographer was working on. Even though I had worked with the Chief Marketing Officer on a regular basis and was the senior video person on the team, he did not like to speak to me. ![]() As of now, she still doesn’t have a title other than “Founder” on the website. They literally wanted to make her title be “the Heart of Yoli,” compared to the other founders who had roles such as President and VP of Marketing. The founders were all male, and when they were told to bring on a female founder for a company with membership of over 80% women, they brought on the CEO’s wife, but wouldn’t give her any responsibilities. I worked with the founders on a regular basis so I was able to get to know them a bit and see them behind the scenes of everything. They would often move forward on something we thought we were involved in without us knowing. They started outsourcing content without telling us, and we’d always find out by surprise in a team meeting that there was a new project going on. We had about 3 four hour meetings for one product and they ended up using none of our ideas. We would spend many meetings coming up with different names for products, only to be told the next day that the founders didn't like any of our ideas and were doing their own thing. ![]() The founders/leaders at the top don't communicate with their employees and they change their minds very often. We’d be given $10 for lunch at the airport when we traveled, which never ended up being enough. In addition, our stipends for travel were very low and I always ended up spending my own money on meals. I never was given a raise, despite me having to travel almost triple the amount I had agreed to (and the travel included sharing rooms with other coworkers, so it definitely didn't feel like a vacation either). Any point I tried to make was immediately shot down and not listened to. I also found out I was getting paid significantly less than my male counterpart who I was just as skilled as, and when I tried to have a professional conversation about it with one of the higher ups, who told me to come to him if I had any concerns about getting paid my worth, I was extremely belittled. They don't love giving raises and they don't love negotiating with you when you get hired on. So much is wrong with this company and I will try to narrow down my points. ![]()
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