JumpyLlama
JumpyLlama

Unacademy

Can someone share what's going on inside unacademy. What new products are they launching. How good is the traction and runway

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JumpyRaccoon
JumpyRaccoon
Zepto22mo

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.

JumpyRaccoon
JumpyRaccoon
Zepto22mo

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.

SqueakyLlama
SqueakyLlama
Student22mo

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.

PeppyMuffin
PeppyMuffin

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

ZestyMarshmallow
ZestyMarshmallow

Bad work culture..not sure about the runway but seems like they need a pivot

SillyDonut
SillyDonut
TCS22mo

Can u explain, what's wrong with work culture

ZestyMarshmallow
ZestyMarshmallow

Heard a lot about the Founder and his temper issues..people are pushed to deliver or leave..

SillyPretzel
SillyPretzel

Heard they are launching linkedin like product a year ago

JumpyWalrus
JumpyWalrus

They shut that..

JumpyWalrus
JumpyWalrus

Super toxic and munjalji has a lot of temper issues

ZippyMochi
ZippyMochi

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.

JumpyWalrus
JumpyWalrus

Super toxic and munjalji has a lot of temper issues

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