EditShare reviews

4.1

73% would recommend to a friend

(3 total reviews)
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Conrad Clemson

85% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

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5.0
Apr 14, 2020

Experienced Leadership with Great Benefits

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Pros

EditShare added talented senior leadership halfway through 2019. I joined after this transition. Pros: - Our CEO is a ball of energy with clear and consistent vision - Senior leadership is very focused on people and agility - Compensation and benefits are excellent, with one omission, see below. - The Watertown office has a fair number of perks for its size - The culture is fun, collaborative, and open minded - The leadership has taken covid-19 seriously, and handled the transition to working remotely very well.

Cons

- EditShare offers a 401k plan, but no match, which I sorely miss. There may be plans to change this.

1.0
Apr 11, 2017

"It's gonna be a no from me, dawg"

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Pros

- Very minimal guidance and structure allows you freedom to essentially define your own duties and responsibilities

Cons

- No structure whatsoever. Guidance and expectations are not set, check-ins don't happen. Communication is not valued, prioritized, or utilized. - Horrible, non existent work-life balance. You are expected to be on call at all times of day, even once you no longer work for the company. Several people who left were contacted multiple times by the CEO for assistance. -Poorly managed technical support. -Incredibly high turnover due to terrible morale and atrocious management. - Unfriendly to women and minorities. Female engineers and support staff are paid considerably less than their male counterparts, despite being equally or more qualified. 99% of the workforce is white male. Most notably, they knowingly continued to employ an outside contractor who repeatedly harassed permanently employed women and other groups in the workplace while openly speaking out about his distaste for anyone that wasn't a white male. Management turned a blind eye and ignored complaints from multiple people until he physically threatened a female director. - Pay is not competitive for the market. Terrible benefits that each year decrease more and more. - CEO avoids confrontation and refuses to address issues, preferring instead to hide out in his office until the everyone has cleared out for the evening.

1.0
Apr 8, 2016

Backwards, slowly

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Pros

This review title describes management decisions and serves as a directive should you or someone you love be offered a job at the Allston offices of EditShare LLC. If you've been working in some vaguely technical role in the broadcast/media industry for decades and don't aspire to any sort of senior management position, this may be the place for you, especially if your job search has turned desperate and you've got a few more years left before you can retire. The internship program seems okay, but there are companies out there which can provide a much more positive and engaging "real world" software engineering experience. If you can remain impervious to office politics and have an engaging life outside of the company, you may be okay working here for a short amount of time, if only to prevent a gap in your resume while you search for a more fulfilling career. The office building has a parking lot and is close to a grocery store and a decent bar.

Cons

The product line is bloated, expensive, and prone to failure. Many software engineering processes run contrary to modern best practice. Technology performs middlingly within the industry and is far from cutting edge. QA regarded as an afterthought. No dedicated HR director or office manager. Flat management structure with ever-shifting priorities. Promotions and raises have mythical status. Employees are generally not valued as humans or made to feel like they are an important asset Low salaries, not just for the area, but compared to national averages. Limited benefits, no 401k matching. No 'perks' or team building events, thus, no company culture or sense of camaraderie. Incohesive, uninspired graphic design and branding. The drab, austere office environs amplify the effects of an unfriendly and isolating atmosphere. Some bad hires (incompetent, hostile, creepy, criminal) kept around for reasons unknown. Coffee undrinkable, no snacks provided.

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