Company has Changed - Engineering Quantifind Employee Review

2.0
Dec 30, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Hiring bar is very high, so working here will give you exposure to some of the best minds in engineering. Most people outside of management cared a lot. I think the company is on a good path, but there were a lot of casualties along the way. Teams were cut, people were overworked and told to leave as soon as their utility was exhausted, and I think most people who left before me did so on bad terms.

Cons

Slowly the culture has disappeared and been replaced with directives from the exec team to shut up and work. Work-life balance is either great or non-existent, but vacation is now only reserved for engineers who have been there long enough to be irreplaceable. It wasn't uncommon for people to either take 4 days of vacation and be shamed for taking time off because "we're busy" (we were always busy), or 8 weeks and thanked for their service often. You're either a favorite who gets promoted often and praised, or you're forgotten and glossed over every year. Most of the company falls into the second bucket. All the perks we had have been taken away slowly, with the main perk now being "a paycheck". Compensation is on the low end (no bonus, decent base, bad equity), and all the issued stock options I got while working there are worthless now after a fundraise (a nice way to treat the people who helped get the company where it is today). Employees still there have to re-vest all their options. Diversity is something we talked about, but typically hires were either H1Bs or experienced hires, so not a lot of room for diversity.

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Quantifind Response
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Thank you for taking the time to write this review. We have taken your feedback seriously and would also like to outline steps that we have taken to consistently improve, especially during a pandemic. In 2020, the company switched its product to focus completely on Financial Crimes. While this did create a slight change in personnel, very little reorganization was done to our teams. We do a comprehensive review of competitive salary packages on an annual basis. During this review process, increases were given where appropriate. This process has not been altered, even during this pandemic period. Although our current average tenure is almost double the average tenure in the Bay Area, we are consistently looking at ways to keep our current employees engaged with the opportunities that align with employee’s career goals. We pride ourselves on giving employees the flexibility to achieve their own work-life balance. However, we understand that flexible time off can be underutilized when it’s not required to use. We will continue to empower our employees to communicate their needs when it comes to time off. Employees are also encouraged to submit anonymous feedback, questions, and concerns through our virtual suggestion box, which are reviewed monthly by our Employee Engagement Committee. Due to the recent COVID-19 pandemic, our in-office perks unfortunately no longer exist. Instead, all employees are encouraged to work where they feel comfortable with their safety being our main priority at this time. We also understand that, during this unprecedented time, our company culture was challenged by becoming a fully remote culture. As an HR Team, we introduced different channels of engagement to try and fill that in-person gap felt across the entire organization. We sent care packages to every employee at the onset of the pandemic. We’ve held happy hours with hosted games such as a scavenger hunt, recipe competitions, and trivia. We launched a remote-friendly, purpose-built program to help facilitate the human connection we’d normally have in an in-person office setting. Again, we thank you for your response and we have strongly taken your feedback into consideration.

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