Great people, pay and mission - but opportunities, culture and leadership are poor. - Anonymous employee Atlas (OR) Employee Review

1.0
Jan 13, 2013
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Smart, engaging co-workers who work very hard to fulfill the company's educational mission. Employees are highly collaborative. Portland is a wonderful city. Lots of opportunity for travel, including internationally, if you are in a consultant role. Employees are well compensated and benefits include iPhone and home internet paid in full.

Cons

Rubicon has reached a size that no longer supports its centralized decision making structure-- this has become a barrier to progress and Rubicon's software is at risk of becoming outdated and uncompetitive. Leadership hires exceptionally bright, capable people but does not give them the freedom to innovate and own their work. Senior management leads through fear, control, and negativity and sadly, believe this is the best way to motivate people. There is no HR department to protect employees. Extremely low employee morale and engagement among employees who have been there longer than one year. There has been a large exodus of talent over the last year.

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5.0
Aug 12, 2021
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Pros

Great benefits, plenty of room for growth, and the culture of the company is like no other

Cons

Can be a little unorganized at times due to changes but all businesses have to go through growing pains

4.0
Jun 23, 2021
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Pros

The best people!!! You can wear many hats and learn and grow in the areas that interest you Fully stocked snack closet and fridge - with the good stuff! Beautiful office Good pay Awesome affiliate non-profit that benefits education in Haiti Rewarding to work with educators

Cons

One guy at the top makes all decisions (the "partners" aren't real partners). He's clearly a smart guy but it was frustrating to be asked for input on products that were launching only to have none of the input put to use. Work was normally rewarding except when things suddenly shifted (ideas scrapped, directions changed), then it could feel a bit wasted. We kept losing customers for the same reason and it was never solved (integration with an LMS). Rather than building an integration with an existing LMS we tried to build one from scratch ourselves, but never finished it and then started working on other projects, all while losing customers who usually cited the same reason (say it with me): integration with a learning management system. It just wasn't as useful to customers without that, which sort of made the employees lose faith in the value they were bringing to educators, and since most of the employees were former educators it really impacted morale. Also, bit of a glass ceiling.

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