Amazing Culture, Inspiring Workplace, Passionate Employees - Digital Content Specialist Carbon Employee Review

5.0
Apr 9, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Working at Carbon has been amazing. Everyone is so passionate about the technology and making the vision a reality. It's incredibly motivating to see the ambition of those around you, and how that ambition is completely team driven and supportive, not personal/for one's own career. I'm constantly learning and getting new opportunities for growth that come from both merit (rewarding my hard work) and my interests. Such a healthy workplace environment and have witnessed no politics/manipulation. Surrounded by some of the smartest individuals that all genuinely enjoy showing up everyday. Managers absolutely respect work life balance and trust you to execute your priorities/projects/duties with the top most quality. On top of all of that, I've made some of the best friends I have at work. PS - The "no a**hole policy" is REAL and having dogs at the office is awesome.

Cons

Not the best in terms of structure due to the startup nature. You have be ready for anything that comes at you, be willing to wear a lot of hats, and, most importantly, be capable of setting priorities for yourself. In Redwood City so if you live in the city, the commute is tough.

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Pros

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Cons

frustrating lack of strategy sometimes

2.0
May 5, 2026
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Pros

Back in the day, Carbon was an awesome place to work with great talent. They had recruited an amazing team, and built some really cool products.

Cons

There is no bright future ahead for Carbon. They are simply in way too small, way too competitive, no growth markets and have tried for years and invested hundreds of millions (closer to a billion) to find better markets and simply cannot. Its a sad story more than anything else, as overtime there has been decent leadership, but they should have made a massive pivot into a completely different business - they had 700 million+ in funding, enough to reinvent the business 5 times over. The equity realistically is valued at 0, because companies in this space get ultra low valuation multiples (~1-2), especially if revenue has been flat or down for years (used to work in venture capital). Do not waste your time here any longer, thinking there is any way this will change. They missed the opportunity to sell at the peak of the bubble. Now there is too long an operating history to make the case the future will be different.

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