Q&A With Leaf Group Employees

Depends on the department but it should always be as balanced as you need it to be.

Very good. Probably the best balance I've experienced in 20 years of working.

It depends on the team but it's pretty standard.

More explicitly welcoming to LGBTQ people, more effort to hire women in engineering roles.

Help people there realize all of the amazing perks we have. Probably get people to interact more.

People could actually think about the bigger picture a bit more instead of being focused on their day to day.

Being treated respectfully and shown appreciation for my work.

The change that the company embraces to always push to be better!

GREAT.

Open but you must have your supervisor's approval.

It's open but you have to talk to your manager about your time off and you should be responsible enough to know when and how long is good.

It's all growing fast in my opinion.

All are moving forward positively.

It's all going pretty fast. Marketplaces has challenges but they will rise to them.

Well rounded. Not fast but that's ok. They try to hire right.

Very candidate focused and designed to make sure the position is right for the company as well as for the candidate.

Pretty straightforward. Recruiting call, hiring manager call, then onsite interviews.

Such a huge variety of personalities and interests. It's really interesting.

Dedicated and they think a lot about their expertise.

Varied and great.

Unique and evolving into something really special.

Depends on the brand but they work very hard to make sure people feel like they are part of something big.

Very flexible work from home policy. A lot of people work from home on Fridays. My manager is really cool about it.

Depends on the manager.

It depends heavily on your supervisor. Mine encouraged us to work from home occasionally to receive packages, if we weren't feeling 100%, or to not get burnt out on a long commute.

Involved but they realize that you are interviewing them as well and have regard for that.

I had a very positive experience interviewing. They were very clear about the process, how long things would take, where I stood at each phase. The marathon interview with whiteboard was nerve-wracking, but I guess it was supposed to be. : /

Organic, informative, helpful.

Do your research. Ask questions. Come with ideas.

Show interest and enthusiasm, know a bit about the company, know a lot about your area of expertise.

Do your homework. It's a public company with lots information on their investor relations site.

Learning opportunities, discounts, snacks, commuter benefits.

Thirsty Thursdays, online learning, a small vacation reimbursement...

Gym memberships, competitive benefits that they try to keep great even with the current climate, LOTS OF FOOD, online learning opportunities, community service focus, they try to put people first all of the time despite the variety of people and challenges, transparency in the business.

Luckily it's more diverse than most places I've been.

Lots! It's so refreshing.

More than most companies I've worked at.

Brand performance, supervisor, availability of funds and employee's work.

It's a process that happens between the supervisor, the business unit leader, HR and Finance.

It's really about your manager and your effort.

They ask questions on leadership, questions about practical approaches to the position, questions about future goals.

What is your leadership philosophy? What major lesson did you learn in your last company? What is your personality in a team setting?

Background check for sure.

Background check.

They are mostly paid and some have even been hired after interning here.

I'm sure it varies across the company, but on my team, the internships were very paid very well (for an internship), and were often offered permanent positions after 3 or 6 months. Interns were given a lot of time and space to learn and find project that were interesting to them, but the ones who did well and went on to permanent jobs were ones who really jumped in and made contributions as if they were regular team members, and took a lot of ownership over their projects. On my team, I think half of them people had started out as interns.

The company in general is very casual - (engineers like me to a fault). An interview is a chance to put your best foot forward so i would wear something that shows you care about the position you are applying for, which may vary from very geeky for those aforementioned engineering jobs to full on sales mode with a blazer etc.

They are casual so no suits or anything.

The whole team and it was very quickl

The relevant folks on my team as well as someone from the People Team.

I had a 30-minute phone call, a 1-hour informal coffee meeting with my future supervisor, and then a 3-hour formal interview with the whole team that including whiteboarding.

Three to three and a half hours depending. They know people don't always have a lot of days to take off so they try to do it in one shot.

Usually they are tied to which department you are in but they are all pretty fun. We've seen cooking classes, volunteer outings, dinners, etc.

We could use more.

Average. Not to hectic.

It ebbs and flows.

Usually once a year. Amount has a bunch of factors including business performance, employee performance, etc.

Depending on the performance of the business and the employee.

You have to want to always do your best, be willing to help where you are needed, care about people and always want to grow.

You have to want to make a difference. If you're goal is to phone it in and leave, this isn't the place for you.