Clawing back pay from laid off employees - Software Engineer Curative, Inc. Employee Review

1.0
Feb 18, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Guaranteed burnout Probably more layoffs (target is another 50% of tech budget)

Cons

In 2023, Curative reduced salaries across the board and made up for the lost cash in stock. In 2026, Curative laid off a bunch of employees, and if you chose to accept the severance package, they are sending "call right" letters clawing back all of the stock they have ever given you, even from the COVID-19 days. Extremely scummy behavior. Can't believe management ever had any of our trust.

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5.0
Jan 22, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Easy instructions regarding when I first started the job and the training, and day to day work was very manageable.

Cons

Often the testing site did not have any visitors so there were stretches where we would do nothing all day.

2.0
Apr 3, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-Some people in the company will have your back and give you a chance to show your skills -Some of the people here are very helpful(someone a lower level than me who probably should have been my level helped me so much)

Cons

-They promote negative competitions -You get a gift card like once a year and they tax it on your next check -Once we noticed salaried employees should get unlimited PTO across the company's policy; we all banded together- the loophole was to make us all hourly instead of giving us what the company offered for salary employees which they made us salary in 2 weeks after we fought the policy -The company makes many promises to everyone but can't keep it -CNs are what keeps this company afloat yet treated like slums -They hire and promote their friends in a short time while others fight for growth(not related to me but I have seen and heard some of the worse things from people who want to move up in this company. I wouldn't even dare try because they are becoming TOXIC) -They often use a group of their best employees for different things but never reward or promote them

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