Good Fit for a Start Up Seeker - Software Engineer Polly Employee Review

4.0
Apr 24, 2023
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Pros

I was compelled to write a review because I saw some negative ones that to me felt to portray Polly incorrectly. To me these seem like disgruntled former employees who were not used to working in a start up environment. Starts up by nature are "messy" and in constant change. The best ones are because they are trying to pivot in real time. I think that overall the mission and product that Polly has created in the insurtech space is really promising, and I have confidence we can get there with some recent org shifts. As a parent to young kids, I find that the work/life balance is really great, better than at other start ups I've worked at , which right now in my life is a really important factor. Also, I appreciate the flexibility they have for working remote or hybrid in the office.

Cons

Like I said above, starts up by nature are chaotic. There is constant restructures and changes in priorities which can get exhausting at times. A lot of the leaders are very green in their career and sometimes can fumble their way through and have that deer caught in headlights feel.

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5.0
Dec 19, 2024
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Pros

Fast Paced Small Team Hands-on Mentorship

Cons

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3.0
Jul 14, 2026
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Pros

Great group of people to work with in engineering, great codebase to work in

Cons

Lots of product churn. There were a number of times where we would work very hard on a feature for multiple months where it would never leave a pilot phase if it ever even saw the light of day. Very disheartening to work on features like that. Also many many rounds of layoffs, in addition to lots of isolated layoffs for people who were still performing well in their role.

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