Invest in a neck brace for the whiplash you'll experience working here - Designer Auctane Employee Review

2.0
Oct 14, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Unlimited PTO, 401k match, good health insurance, nice office

Cons

Severely understaffed in all departments for how fast they want to move, so you're going to have extra work thrust upon you, which might come with some recognition but you won't be paid for it. Designers are often pulled from one project/brand to start working on another. Different departments have different priorities with little alignment. It creates chaos. Everyone is doing their own thing and it shows. Nepotism reigns supreme here. The executive team likes to hire friends, even if they're not the best fit for the role. The marketing designers (graphic designers and web designers) were recently pulled out of the marketing department and are now an afterthought on the design team. They have no official project manager and individual contributors are often asked to take on project manager duties. Projects from leadership often overlap launch dates, which fosters chaos and forces the few marketing designers to pivot for pretty much every project. Deadlines are impossible for the amount of work requested most of the time. When risks are communicated, they are often ignored or marginalized. They recently rolled out awards for employees, which require a nomination. But the winners are chosen at random by spinning a digital wheel... I've seen it handled better elsewhere.

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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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