Company sunk by a tyrant of a founder - Product Manager Checkr Employee Review

2.0
May 24, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Checkr's a good product and 90%+ of the people there are great - collaborative, friendly. Pay is good.

Cons

Leadership at Checkr causes major issues that permeate the company - toxic culture. Daniel, the founder and CEO, has single highhandedly created a culture of anxiety and fear. Daniel regularly belittles and demeans his people in large meetings. Numerous employees expressed anxiety and lack of psychological safety in the company. He's incredibly insecure and egotistic and anything can set him off. You can be a great business leader or a great human being - unfortunately, Daniel is neither. Rest of leaders support this behavior by inaction.

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5.0
Jul 6, 2026
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Pros

Great work life balance and company culture

Cons

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2.0
Jun 23, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great insurance. Learning Stipends, etc

Cons

-Senior leadership only cares about what is new and shiny. -They treat AI like a religion. Forcing everyone to use AI for everything as though we don't realize that the end goal is to eliminate our roles - All Hands Meetings every month where Senior Leadership pats themselves on the back while ignoring any existing issues. - Support is treated like a necessary evil instead of a fundamental part of doing business. Would prefer to ship the roles overseas or replace with AI - Extremely high attrition for Senior Leadership.

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