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160 reviews
3.0
Dec 9, 2020

Unpredictable Future

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Pros

Well known brand, Great work environment

Cons

Frequent changing business strategy, lack of resource management

4.0
May 6, 2020
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Pros

Great people! Great products. Good work environment. Good work/life balance

Cons

Constant restructuring and management changes mean constantly changing roles/expectations

4.0
Jan 11, 2021
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Pros

Family like culture, team work, work environment.

Cons

Besides salary, there is nothing else I see as a cons.

4.0
Nov 20, 2020
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Pros

Interesting work Good work environment Friendly management

Cons

Unclear about progression, need to ask pretty constantly to be aware of it

2.0
Jan 14, 2021
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Pros

Before original CEO left, the company had a very "we are in this together" attitude, which created a sense of camaraderie and collaboration where all employees felt valued and their contributions truly appreciated.

Cons

Most managers at the company have technical backgrounds with little to no experience actually managing and leading people. They are promoted out of technical roles they are actually great at and made into people managers because the company had no clear career paths laid out for people who achieved their level of expertise in their respective technical roles. They were basically "failed forward" not by their failures, but due to the company's failure of career path vision, and as a result, most managers have no idea how to actually be good people managers and fail at it regularly. Managers stopped collaborating with their teams and employees were basically turned into task-monkeys. Management adopted a "your input no longer matters so shut up and do the job we tell you to do or get laid off" attitude. It became an incredibly toxic work environment.

2.0
Nov 5, 2020

Good Company, Bad Management

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Pros

Great people, good benifits, work environment

Cons

Bad management, too many changes, no job guarantee

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