Poor hiring practices, Cliquey echo chamber, Buzz words, Buzz words, Buzz words - Anonymous employee Auctane Employee Review

2.0
Oct 4, 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

There used to be a lot, WFH/remote work was encouraged, things were very transparent, people were happy and good work was being done as a result

Cons

Want to know where people that have 100,000 "followers" on LinkedIn are hired despite having no discernible skill set work? They work at Auctane! It is better to appear knowledgeable (by rehashing things you read in a book written by another person with no experience) than it is to actually be knowledgeable at Auctane. There is an extremely talent engineering department at auctane, but other orgs (marketing, customer support, product) are contaminated by toxic people with very few qualifications and don't have a clue what they're doing. There is too much emphasis on process (which isn't even followed if you're in the "in crowd") but if deadlines are being missed you HAVE to actually sit down and actually do real work. This is the only company I have worked at where the "superstars" are actually the least knowledgeable/qualified people on the team. If you're not in the "in crowd" then you will be talked down to and ridiculed by people with questionable backgrounds. The amount of managers with no people skills, no ability to make sound decisions, no ability to earn trust is astounding and everyone knows it. Very few people are actually happy here

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5.0
Jul 1, 2026
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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
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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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