Not worth it; do yourself a favor and stay away - Anonymous employee NewsCred Employee Review

2.0
Jan 28, 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- "cool," startuppy environment - some intelligent and driven people (largely outside of leadership) - decent benefits, unlimited PTO - focus on diversity and inclusion, including exec support

Cons

- instability: company is largely run by an inexperienced exec team, who preaches "radical transparency" but in fact does not know how to run the business. folks are quickly hired and then laid off - somewhat of a cycle here, so be prepared that the carpet can be yanked from underneath you at any time - reactive approach to business, rather than proactive: decisions are made without (apparent) regard for longer-term strategy - miserable culture and environment: while it's great to have wine and beer in the fridge, it's less great to only have two camps of people: those who never unplug and are rewarded by this lack of balance by senior leadership, and others who come in at 10, leave at 3, and do the bare minimum - favoritism: if you aren't one of management's favorite few, you are viewed as somewhat expendable - this is a very political environment

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5.0
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Pros

Talented people and really great culture

Cons

Lots of changes that it’s hard to keep up if you’re not use to it

5.0
Oct 27, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

The company culture at NewsCred is incredible. While working here, everyone I interacted with (both on my team, software engineering, and in other roles) was passionate, dedicated, and truly loved the company and believed in it! Lots of talent and if you are a younger software engineer like me, you will learn a lot from patient coworkers who are eager to provide help and constructive criticism so that you can grow as a software engineer. The company leadership is also superb...the CEO is incredibly smart, dynamic, and a down-to-earth nice guy! When I decided to leave for health reasons and for a fresh start, I got nothing but support and kindness. Seriously, if you are considering applying or accepting a job here, stop considering and just do it. You won't regret it, and it might be the best decision of your career. Such fond feelings for this place! As for benefits: good salary (on par with top tech companies), stock options, health/dental/life insurance, performance based bonuses, insurance, unlimited vacation (unlike some places, the unlimited vacation doesn't deter people from taking occasional time off...I know some companies say "unlimited" and mean "none", but NewsCred isn't like this, they just expect you to be professional and understand what is appropriate), office snacks, lunch on Fridays (from great NYC area restaurants), fun NewsCred events and outings, weekly happy hours, casual dress...I could probably keep going and going! Great benefits! :-)

Cons

The only con I could possibly think of is that the 401k plan could be better. However, the company may soon be offering 401k matching, so that's a plus.

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