Addepar reviews

I agree with the previous reviews on middle managers. Promoting out of necessity as opposed to meritocracy definitely exists, although I'm not sure if there is a good alternative solution for that. It is unfortunate for the people who are managed by people that don't have enough management training and don't know how to help people with their careers. Majority of managers do not have enough leadership skills to anticipate the needs of the company and push forward a vision for their team that aligns with that of the company. There are a lot of great people not living up to their full potential. We are starting to feel a little too corporate. More and more processes are being piled on without any explanations. We do things that directly contradict our core values. There is almost no transparency. Information is trickled down to a point where it loses meaning and feels disingenuous. As an enterprise software company and one that is in the FinTech space, it is understandable that we will not innovate as quickly as other tech companies. It does become problematic when good, smart people start to feel unchallenged and disengaged.

- Pay is median so we're not competitive in pulling the cream of the crop; company is filled with B-players - Much of middle management is incompetent and throws around processes and buzzwords while saying nothing of substance; many people who've decided they want to retire from Addepar or from industry and get paid to do nothing and go on vacation all the time - Instead of firing mediocre people we reward them if they stick around long enough with promotions and made-up job titles - Tech debt up to our ears, fragile QA, releases break things all the time and have embarrassing impact on clients - Outsourcing tedious brute force workflows to an SLC office instead of implementing tech solutions; throwing bodies at the problem is not innovative, it's what everyone else is finance is already doing