Can someone share what's going on inside unacademy. What new products are they launching. How good is the traction and runway
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.
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.
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
Heard they are launching linkedin like product a year ago
They shut that..
Super toxic and munjalji has a lot of temper issues
Apart from offline test centres what is doing well?
Gaurav keeps talking about graphy. Is it really doing well? What about other tech products?
Getting interviewed there for a sr business role. They are diversifying into a Naukri space with their product- Nextlevel.
What’s your take on their work culture at leadership level and the focus on actual value creation?
