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Fintech has “freed” me from legacy banks
Revolut is often seen as a young man’s game, but Hugh Kindon disagrees. On a recent podcasts from the fintechKindon announced that he was the first employee to retire at Revolut and appeared very grateful for the four years he spent there.
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Working at Revolut was “liberating” for Kindon. “I felt more comfortable working in a fintech than I did in a traditional bank with stovepipes between each team.” Instead of the “boring barbaracracy” of traditional finance, fintech has an “egalitarian, positive attitude.” Kindon has worked at a number of established financial firms, including Barclaycard, Visa and Mastercard , and he intended to retire before joining Revolut until it allowed him to become its first remote employee.
Having joined just before the pandemic, Kindon’s role “showed the way” for remote working at Revolut, and the company is now remote first. Fintech said it roughly 50% of the people who joined last year he did it remotely. Kindon says this approach allows Revolut to “get the best talent from around the world” and says working with these teammates is “one of the joys” of a career at Revolut.
There have been complaints that younger Revolut employees are being given short shrift too much authority, but Kindon – who has been working for 28 years – says he hasn’t had to sacrifice his autonomy for less experienced colleagues. Kindon says companies like it Revolution they need more experienced employees “who have the skills and experience to get things done.”
However, he may be one of the people encouraging these younger employees to step forward. Kindon was proud to help “Revolut leaders broaden their capabilities and extend their comfort zones.”
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