Stress! - Merchant Support Advocate Auctane Employee Review

1.0
Apr 1, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

unlimited PTO (golden handcuffs) 401k match medical benefits overtime (not great since its the only way to make a livable wage but its there) on-call shifts (if you have this on your team)

Cons

- constant stress - high workload - toxic manager - micromanaging software to track you - huge amount of integrations to know complete functionality of, from marketplaces, shipping carriers, inventory solutions, api functionality. - pay is laughably low easily 10-15k under livable cost yearly in Austin, TX - now owned by thoma bravo (look up their past) - little care about you in support (stocks before going private, equity now being private, and raises wont be applied unless you ask yearly which are incredibly low) - career advancement is based on favoritism, and the pay increases aren't flattering - extra perks slowly disappearing - out of touch directors - no appreciation - toxic "customers" who treat your staff horribly and there is nothing to curve the behavior - devs release "updates" to software without a word, breaking the application and causing mass hysteria - there is no software QA, the customers are the ones finding out the bugs and support has to escalate those issues

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5.0
Jul 1, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Amazing work culture (before merger), Warm leads, amazing leaders

Cons

High burn out position, merger is affecting moral, difficult to enjoy time off, constantly changing goal and complete compensation plan. Also career opportunities were slim

2.0
Apr 27, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The frontend engineering culture didn't exist before our team built it. Establishing modern stack practices (React, Vue, TypeScript) and bringing rigor to the frontend was genuinely rewarding work. Talented engineers and strong peer-level collaboration. Real technical ownership when projects actually moved forward. Decent benefits and remote flexibility until they started taking remote away.

Cons

Despite the company being profitable, there were layoffs nearly every quarter, which made it impossible to plan or feel stable. Leadership was consistently disorganized. Stakeholder alignment was a constant problem and decisions took far too long to land. A lot of projects never launched, not because of execution issues, but because leadership couldn't get the right people in the room or commit to a direction. Constant churn at the leadership and org level created whiplash on priorities.

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