Big open space office, reminds me of chicken battery farm. Way too loud and the office building is not appealing, neither from the outside, nor from the inside. Too many people are sitting very close to each other. Situated in the middle of Berlin Alexanderplatz there is no space nearby to have a quiet lunch break which you will skip mostly anyways.
Top management profiles themselves constantly. They really think they are the biggest just because they worked at big consultancies before. What is really clear to feel is their lack of people management skills like empathy, trust, encouragement, humbleness. Management is more interested in the development of their Wayfair stocks than developing their team members.
If I would need to describe the behaviour of the management: Unfair, non-transparent, superficial, selfish, only focused on money, cliquish with other management members, pretending to be something which they aren't, disrespectful. I like to use the chicken battery example again: Because you sit so close and spend all of your unpaid overtime hours together, the team spirit is quite strong. Repeating tasks. Filling out excel sheets for hours as trade show preparation.
After 6 months you will know all of your tasks because they will be the same everyday. In other companies I learned much more in half of the time. My time at Wayfair didn't bring me any value.
Top down communication from management. No room for discussions or improvements. You have to be able to strictly follow the management guidelines and don't be creative! Otherwise this is not the place for you. People without consulting experience are being downgraded.
