Crossover for Work reviews

Where do I start? I tried to be objective with my 2-star rating; Crossover isn't unethical or stealing from their employees or anything like that. However, for a seasoned professional, be warned... I joined in one of the Very High Dollar executive-level positions being driven by their desire to acquire 50+ companies in the near term. I'm in the US. As such (and I knew this going in), the tax consequences for being a contractor are non-trivial. There's also the consideration that you must fund any perks yourself - healthcare, retirement, etc. While the salary is generous enough to do that, it's not as shiny as it seems on the surface. Your mileage may vary depending upon your home country. What I really disliked: Constant tracking/ justification of work stream. Seriously. As others have pointed out, it's difficult to actually *get* credit for a full work week without working extra. Especially in some of the higher-level, more 'creative' positions such as architect, product management, etc. there's minimal or no opportunity to review or think over things. For me, I work in bursts followed by small distractions in which I'm running the problems in the background of my thoughts. A variety of coworkers and management in my history have almost universally commented about the volume of good work I produce. Even my peers at Crossover had no problem with the quantity or quality of my production. However, their tracking software and systems simply don't credit anything other than linear, constant "work". This was bad for me, resulting in me working extra, reworking things as I attempting to change my processes, "faking" it, or simply working longer to attempt to make my hours. I also felt bad for some of the more junior or "factory" positions. It really is tracked by the minute, with lots of incentive to find "problems" with productivity. This is really a thinly-veiled method of wringing blood out of a turnip, by finding flaws or gaps and essentially docking pay. Yeah, the salaries are good but the amount of ancillary work that goes into making "real" hours is awful, and I felt like a chump contributing to it. I had to quit for my sanity.

- Some of the cons are specific to any remote job like you have to manage your own infra and HR benefits like training, insurance, career development, taxes etc. - Crossover specific cons: a. Zero Work Ethic - I was laid off in my first week of the job. No reason given. I was given an opportunity to continue if I delete all my time cards for the first week. Means no payment. b. Insecurity - I deleted and continued since I would be immediately without a job by getting hired by them. Still there was a constant threat given daily/weekly to lose my job if I don't meet expectation. c. Mythical 40 hours/week - They say you have to work 40 hours/week. In reality if you don't meet their targets, you would be laid off. Their targets need at least 60 hours per week. d. Zero Personal Life - I was working day and night to meet targets and on weekends too. Social and family life gone. I was like a zombie working my bottom off. I noticed so are others. Everyone is working on weekends even Sat and Sun and Fri nights. e. No control over your time - They might not give you work for a day or two in a weekday and would ask you to stop your tracker so that not to cost extra to the company. But when they come back with work, expectation is to complete your work hours for the week, compensate your weekends even if it's management's fault to not give you work earlier. Otherwise go find another job. f. Management is supreme - You have no say to management's decision. When they decided to fire me they did not bother to provide reason. g. No offer letter and experience letter given to any contractor. h. Disturbed Mental and physical health - If you face above scenarios, this point automatically becomes a reality.