Don't be fooled... - Anonymous employee Igneous Employee Review

2.0
May 8, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Technically deep staff overall. - Fellow engineers are gernally good people. - Leadership is effective at BSing -- an admittedly useful skill. - You get to learn what not to do at a startup.

Cons

Marketing teams can do wonders to skew Glassdoor reviews. Unless you enjoy an environment of hubris, distrust, stagnant career growth, big-company thinking, and suspect market value, I'd steer clear. The pay is also considerably lower than the market rate, even for a startup. They dangle the equity carrot in front of you, but we all know the value in that... If you decide to interview, I suggest you inquire about the following during your full-day loop (turn your BS radar on): - Why the CEO is reluctant to call their latest valuation a "down round." - Equity value at series A to now. - Their actual vs planned revenue. - Specifically how and why they are better than their competitors. - Whether the HEATED values mean anything, or are they just some words pinned up to a wall. Storage is already unglamorous and Igneous has managed to un-glamorize it further. Kudos to them for that, I suppose.

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Igneous Response
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Thank you for taking the time to write a review. We take all feedback seriously and appreciate hearing your opinions, even if they are different from our own. We regret this relationship didn’t work out. Igneous is a growing company with a team committed to doing the right thing - for our customers, our partners, our employees and their families. We absolutely welcome the tough questions during interviews and beyond. Transparency (the T in HEATED) is one of our core values. We want all of our employees to have a great experience...but we know that not every job is a good fit. These are learning opportunities that we thoughtfully apply to keep making Igneous a great place to work. The startup path is not always a straight line, but we feel strongly that we have the opportunity, product, and team that will make the journey very worthwhile.

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