Lead With Data? More Like Lead With Lies. - Anonymous employee Localytics Employee Review

1.0
Mar 2, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

+ They provide a paycheck + If you're lucky, you'll get a stand up desk + There's free beer (watch out, the place may drive you to alcoholism) + Many of the people left at the company are very kind and smart

Cons

- Do yourself a favor and sort these reviews by date; the results will tell the true story of the state of affairs, and the fake reviews endorsed by upper management will stick out like a sore thumb - The brain trust is 95% gone - The company laid off two of the founders, but swept that fact under the rug, hoping no one would notice - The company has no money left in the bank and is unstable - Unethical management/executive team - Don't let anyone convince you the company demonstrates its core values; it's all smoke and mirrors.

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Cons

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4.0
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Pros

+ Generally friendly workplace, can be a little clique-y on some teams, but overall, people here are easy to get along with. + Can't speak to the other departments, but engineering hires very well. Coworkers are all very smart, capable people who are bullish on improvements, care deeply about their craft, and don't settle for stupid hacks. + The work is both challenging and interesting. + People actually care about tech debt here. + The work environment is relaxing and offers generous vacation time (untracked) and work from home policies. + Management encourages a culture of openness and transparency that while not perfect, at least makes you feel comfortable voicing your opinion. Whether anything comes out of that probably varies by manager, but my managers are all good folk so I don't worry about that =).

Cons

- If you work here you gotta be capable of giving yourself direction and making/clarifying important decisions on your own because management sometimes drops the ball by throwing out half finished requirements and expects you to fill in the blanks. I'm probably making it sound worse than it actually is, but regardless you gotta be a go-getter. - There is a major lack of communication between departments and this hurts product focus among other things and is pretty much the reason for the consistent annoyance of direction and scope changes for feature work and why the product can't always get the improvements it needs. - No matching 401K. - Free lunch is provided on Tuesdays, not Fridays. I know the complaint is petty, but I can't get over it.

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