Unacademy
Can someone share what's going on inside unacademy. What new products are they launching. How good is the traction and runway
Ex unacademy here. Was impacted by March layoffs. From what I've heard from folks still in, there's a resignation almost every week. Mostly maintenance mode with a couple of product tasks here and there
It was going great guns but Munjal screwed up with initiatives not researched well and ordered foot soldiers to execute on a plan he just thought about for a minute. People spend months building it on crazy timelines (12-15hrs everyday, saw SDEs and EMs work alike) and then after much fanfare launch they shut it down within 3 months on idea didn’t work out. This approach was fine until VC pump ran dry and they laid off en masse. Their layoffs were so messy, they fired many top performers in the name of performance. And recently cut engineering team by 240+ taking them back to precovid times.
It’s become a fiitjee and brilliant tutorials of old yore. A physical classroom institute - the exact antithesis they wanted to be when they started the company. Engineering leadership are good folks but saving their jobs and following what Munjal baba orders.
Super_sneeker
Student
a year ago
From a friend, they are struggling with offline centers as well. There is a new rule everyday, they have hired folks who don't know how to run offline business or how to manage educators.
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Startupjunkie
Stealth
a year ago
Bad work culture..not sure about the runway but seems like they need a pivot
Startupjunkie
Stealth
a year ago
Heard a lot about the Founder and his temper issues..people are pushed to deliver or leave..
LooseGoose
Stealth
a year ago
Interviewed at one of their acquisitions a while ago. Left on the first day. Edtech in India is a dumpster fire, better to start your own and disrupt these incompetent idiots.
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