Smartest People in the Hottest Space - Solutions Consultant Localytics Employee Review

5.0
Mar 3, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The people were some of the smartest people I've worked with in my career and all seemed extremely motivated and encourage people to take on responsibility. I felt like I could go to anyone for help and get an answer. They have cutting-edge technologies attracting really fun clients to work with. I was consistently engaged in creating new marketing solutions and campaigns that had never been done before for the biggest apps. There was something exhilarating in consistently working with "the next big" app months before its launch.

Cons

Fewer formalized processes - you have to be comfortable finding answers where there is no manual. The Flip side of working on the newest technologies on flagship apps and pushing the envelope is sometimes things break and you need to manage the situation and come up with a fix quickly. Getting office space was difficult or a quiet moment was difficult but this might be fixed by the new office space. Creature comforts were also a little lacking, but seem to be getting better every year, like free beer.

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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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