Good sales team but inexperienced founders - Engineer Labelbox Employee Review

2.0
Apr 8, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Smart coworkers, lunch stipend, customers liked the product, remote friendly (this was changing)

Cons

Founders introduce whiplash at the last minute constantly. Micromanagement by one specific founder. Engineers busy with refactor work. Other poster is right that the listed CEO is incorrect.

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Labelbox Response
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Thanks for the feedback - we’re sorry to hear you felt as though certain changes felt like whiplash. High growth, early stage startups really do move quickly, and the environment isn’t suited for everyone. We have spent the last year building an experienced and knowledgeable executive team who value employee feedback. At the company level, we take in feedback and provide actionable items in response to overall themes. We do agree that we have really smart co-workers. We love our team and wouldn’t be here today without them.

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Cons

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