Where to begin - Anonymous employee Fiksu Employee Review

1.0
Apr 27, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

if you're in the right role, Fiksu can be a resume builder and a foot in the door into mobile.

Cons

Between Fiksu and Meed there have been layoffs almost monthly without an end in sight. Moral is low, most everyone who's still there wants a new job and no longer have the energy to make the product or company valuable. Last year it was sold to a Ukrainian based firm and they've made their intentions clear. There really isn't a path forward for both Fiksu or any of the employees that choose to stay there. Leadership in HR is more concerned with their obsession with dogs than ensuring the staff is happy, taken care of or that they're doing their job. Across the board upper management is completely out of touch but especially those closest to the CEO. Whenever anyone has negative feedback, that employee is quickly deemed a "bad egg" or "not on the bus" and all opinions from them are denounced. In their minds Fiksu is a great place to work and all else who think otherwise are just plain wrong. Salaries vary from person to person even within the same role. The company has historically taken full advantage of younger employees by paying them much, much less than someone else in their same role with slightly more experience and blaming it on "we're a start up" or similar excuses. They've made moves to address the problem with a leveling project but HR leadership instead went on a power-trip, became obsessed with who was ranked above or below them and did nothing to ensure the most valuable employees were compensated appropriately.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
Jan 29, 2019
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Pros

great people executing on the day to day, good learning experience,

Cons

The only thing more impressive than CEO Micah Adler's ego is his inability to run a successful company. What started out as a great pivot into mobile ad tech quickly became a playbook on how to make bad decisions. Despite having first mover advantage and a phenomenal front-line team, he singlehandedly managed to drive the company into the ground. To make matters worse, when he was offered a lifeline exit for significantly more than the company was worth, he refused to even enter discussions in an attempt to prove a point that he could have a larger exit than the previous companies he co-founded and was forcefully removed from because the boards determined he was incompetent. While everyone has their shortcomings, it became clear over the years that Micah took pleasure in negatively impacting the lives of those around him if it was to his gain, and he has consistently shown absolutely zero regard for anyone but himself. If, after reading this, you somehow choose to work for him, please feel free to respond in a couple years to validate this review and help others avoid the same mistake many others have already unfortunately made. I have worked with hundreds of CEO's in my career and can say without a doubt that Micah Adler is the absolute worst I have encountered in both competency and character and this is in no way a claim I would ever make lightly or consider stating "publicly" about anyone but him. Proceed at your own risk.

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