Churns through their employees to hire underpaid grads - Anonymous employee Guidebook Employee Review

1.0
Feb 11, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

+ Large majority of coworkers were bright, friendly, hard working and awesome. + One of the better places I worked at (in the beginning). + Interesting product and it's the best in the industry. + Early days were great, growing brought about problems (or increased previous ones). + Fun offsites with coworkers you can actually like and some good core benefits.

Cons

+ Upper management is a cool kids club problem. + Kinda college/fratty vibe which has become an issue since growing. + Regularly posts fake reviews here (lots of 4-5 star reviews directly after a negative one with generally the same content) + Transparency is lacking and numbers can be vague or exaggerated. + Places more value on head count than contributions - guilt tripping constantly. + Lots of "friends" of upper management are given new positions they know nothing about AND given full control over it. Speaking up makes you a problem to management. + Management removes multiple people the day before announcing more funding and company success - likely part of the terms of raising the capital. + Brings up excuses to let go or fire people, even without warnings after giving former positive reviews and even raises. + Will also disrespectfully announce one sided excuses for letting someone go to the whole company.

Explore other reviews about Guidebook

5.0
Jan 6, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Very supportive group of coworkers

Cons

Can be a little disorganized at times

5.0
Oct 23, 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Amazing leader, great leadership, exciting product

Cons

100% remote, so not the best fit for those who thrive in-office

See reviews by: Helpful|Rating|Date|All