Trending in the Wrong Direction - Anonymous employee Airship Employee Review

2.0
Dec 30, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Product-wise, Urban Airship was one of the first to market and started off with a promising outlook. The new sales management team is really strong.

Cons

Originally, UA was built for push delivery and aimed at developers. Since we tried to shift gears and target marketing organizations with products like SMS and email, the product has fallen significantly short. Movement for the sake of movement has exposed a weak product development team with little-to-no experience in the space. While Gartner has been enamored by UA's box-checking in the short-term, it won't last for long. Until we get some real engineers onboard and develop a stronger product approach rooted in actual customer and competitor research, platforms like Braze and eventually Salesforce will blow past us. Customers are beginning to see these holes and are exploring other options.

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5.0
Oct 22, 2025
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great team and product at the company

Cons

Lack of growth opportunity for some orgs

4.0
Apr 28, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Airship has a good foundation, solid product, and some very smart people in various areas of the company. They have done a good job navigating some tough times during my time there and are still standing.

Cons

The company doesn't communicate that well from ELT down to the ground level. They lack any type of direction when it comes to their commitment to Inclusivity, and they don't have any people of color in ELT or even VP levels to speak of. There is also a huge overreliance on a handful of Engineers who people seem to think will just be there forever since they already have been there forever.

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