Still a Growing Company - Client Success Sharpen Employee Review

5.0
Aug 5, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

As a customer service/experience person, our product is fantastic and improving every day. Down to earth leadership. Philanthropic leadership encourages volunteerism. Sharpen has participated in some very cool projects in my time here. Advancement opportunities. Friendly and fun-loving office environment. Semi-frequent company events, both at the office and off-site. Encourages fitness and healthy living. Unlimited PTO. Stocked kitchen, fresh fruit on a regular basis.

Cons

Be prepared to put in a little extra as this is not an "out the door at 5" kind of job. The company is growing and learning. Things can and will change, but you will almost always be given a reason why.

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Sharpen Response
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Hello, We are trying each and every day to deliver on the expectations you mentioned: "product is fantastic and improving every day, Philanthropic leadership encourages volunteerism, Advancement opportunities," etc. Keeping a culture going is sometimes easier said than done so it is nice to read you appreciate initiatives we are targeting. We hope by building on the list you mentioned (and others) next year, you will benefit even more and your excitement to work here will grow too. I can’t give much info yet but anticipate additional info in early 2017. Thank you for the “advice to management” and through our All-Hands Meetings, we will continue to do so. If you’d like more clarity, please reach out to leadership. The open-door policy still stands. Keep being awesome, HR Director Sharpen

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Pros

Sharpen is a small company with big experience. They have great people with years of experience in the CX arena. They believe in what they do! Consistent with the industry they serve, they place customer experience at the center of everything they do and everything they create. They pride themselves on an employee first/customer first orientation and it shows. Sharpen was recently acquired, and the company that invested in them (Teleo) embraces their same culture and orientation. Besides bringing new ideas and perspective, Teleo also brings investment money to the table. This is already proving fruitful with a handful of fast contributing new executives and complementary technology acquisitions. Sharpen is already a great company, but is poised to do many more great things moving forward.

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A con to some, Sharpen is a David in a sea of Goliaths. They are surrounded by a number of extremely large and highly recognized players in the space. Thus, they struggle early for name recognition. That said, once they get in front of a prospect their experience and their technology speaks for itself. Secondly, due to circumstances beyond their control (prior to 2019), Sharpen has struggled to obtain investment capital. With the acquisition and Teleo investment, that situation has been totally corrected.

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Nov 1, 2025
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Pros

There really isn't any pros here. They try and lure you with equity options that are worthless.

Cons

You will get laid off and worked so hard with a skeleton crew. This is probably the worst company I've ever worked for.

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