Checkr reviews

3.6

57% would recommend to a friend

(435 total reviews)
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Daniel Yanisse

66% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Checkr has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 435 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Checkr employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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435 reviews
5.0
Dec 14, 2017

Inclusive values-driven company

Anonymous employee
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Business Outlook

Pros

+ Incredible commitment towards diversity across ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, and ability + Executive management is highly accessible and open to feedback + Culture of humility means that employees practice kindness and respect across all channels. From internal interactions to communications with vendors, clients, applicants, and beyond! +Employees are given a great deal of autonomy to experiment, learn, and make mistakes +Unlimited PTO, with positive reinforcement if you don't take enough vacation

Cons

- work/life balance can be a challenge, workload is truly never ending -product often changes quickly without sufficient notice/training - regulated industry naturally means the work can be stressful

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Checkr Response
8y
Thanks for the review and transparent feedback. As you know, it's always a work in progress and we'll continue to iterate and grow. Hopefully with the renewed focus on cross collaborative teams, communication will continue to get better and everyone will get more notice on changes. Sincerely appreciate your efforts, a fast growing start up doesn't happen without everyone's hard work. Thanks! - Arthur Yamamoto / Director of Talent
2.0
Dec 6, 2017

Glory Days are Over

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Pros

Killer eng/product team. Grew super duper fast early on, a lot of great people especially within the eng team. Ownership of the on-demand market. CTO is an awesome guy and they have built a good leadership team.

Cons

Commodity: The background check is a commodity and market leaders are now copying the Checkr API and beginning to take customers. I don't see Checkr winning deals outside of on-demand because they outsource processes like the county search, where market leaders are making strides to do this in-house. Their approach of getting out of the "on-demand" space is simply not working. They rely on one customer that makes up about 70% of their revenue and that gap isn't getting any smaller. Customer Success/Sales: It seems like politics drove out some good folks in this department. They won deals years ago because no competitor had an API. Now that others are coming to market with the same thing they are starting to lose business. Additionally, the sales leadership is very misguided. There has been a ton of turnover for a product that seemingly sells itself - from what I've heard the sales leader is more or less a bully. Exit Options: No Consumer Reporting Agency has ever gone public. Their revenue is very unhealthy (think 90% of revenue from 3 customers). They are too big / raised too much to sell and no one wants to buy a CRA outside of a P/E firm (according to history).

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Checkr Response
8y
Appreciate the review and candid take. I believe a lot has changed in the past year, even the past few months. And I think you're mistaken on some points, but time will tell. Regardless, it's always appreciated to hear opinions from a former Checkr. Best of luck in your new role. - Arthur Yamamoto / Director of Talent
5.0
Nov 6, 2017

Future

Anonymous employee
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Pros

SF city location, cool office, free food, great benefits - travel, gym, vacation, culture because they say they have a mission, Uber renews contract, and 10K+ customers, better (cooler) product than competition that all do the exact same thing, focus on demand economy (blue ocean strategy), their competition (incumbents) have solid footprint with enterprise accounts, now with partnerships they want to take on incumbents, big market to capture but who knows it's still a commoditized software with atlas 2-3K competitors

Cons

Too much focus on culture After all, it's a background check software Uber signed an 8 figure deal (more than 1/3rd their revenue is a modest assessment)

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Checkr Response
8y
Appreciate the review. Respectfully disagree on your perspective that there's too much focus on culture. Our culture and core values are a big part of why we've been able to be successful. But time will tell and we obviously hope to continue to evolve and grow. Thanks - Arthur Yamamoto / Director of Talent
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