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Ginkgo BioWorks

Is this your company?

Startup-vibes, both good and bad. - Anonymous employee Ginkgo BioWorks Employee Review

4.0
Apr 11, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

It's exciting work, currently has good overall prospects as a company. Lots of flexibility to work whenever you want, a nice work environment in general. All the usual bonuses of startup work.

Cons

All the usual downsides to startup work. Lots of work, not necessarily a lot of organization to handle the work. Younger people tend to lose track of work-life balance due to work demands. Pay is precisely average, which kinda defeats the point of a lot of the internal lines about how we're trying to change the world and do the best things possible (you probably should pay to reflect that)

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Cons

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Pros

Exciting, diverse projects. Excellent coworkers.

Cons

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