An extremely toxic work environment ve - Software Engineer ID.me Employee Review

1.0
Mar 4, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Really none other than the benefits but even that is much better at other tech companies that could be comparable to the size and scope of ID.ME

Cons

Management is a complete and utter disaster at this place and they retaliate against anyone who dares to stand up to them and make things right. I have two friends at the company who got fired after bringing up inaccurate writeups. One of my friends was a Product Rep similar to my role and the other was a verifications support team member. Even for a corporate environment, which tend to be every man for themselves, ID.ME is barbaric. ID.ME runs on fear and you'll feel super hypervigilant walking into the place on a daily basis because you are constantly being threatened with termination, on an almost daily basis, over nothing. The place literally feels like a warzone and management is CONSTANTLY breaching their policies, policies they cram down you're throat in a Confluence handbook. Recently I started throwing up in the bathroom due to the horrific anxiety of walking into the building and am currently beginning my exit from the nightmare that is ID.ME. The environment feels much like being in an abusive relationship. Upper management creates needless pandemonium about deadlines then immediately backtracks and then blames you for the chaos they created. The CEO is also a megalomaniac who tantrums at the drop of a dime and is going to run ID.ME into the ground; the board of directors need to get rid of that infant.

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1.0
Jun 25, 2026
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Pros

- Competitive base salary - When the product works, it creates real value for customers and solves meaningful problems - Opportunities to travel and work directly with Fortune 100 brands - Some incredibly talented people genuinely care about building something great

Cons

- Employees quickly become numbers in a culture of digital Taylorism. Even top performers are expendable. I was recognized as a Presidents Club recipient and laid off just three weeks later. In 4.5 years, I had seven different managers. - The company markets itself as a veteran-owned, mission-driven business, but decisions are overwhelmingly driven by growth and shareholder value. The veteran identity is a marketing strategy rather a genuine internal commitment. - OTE compensation plans are overly complex, frequently change, and make it difficult to understand or accurately predict earnings. - The company is effectively run around one person’s ego. Senior leadership seems more focused on reinforcing it than challenging it.

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