If you drink the Kool-Aid you'll probably do well here - Anonymous employee Sofar Ocean Technologies Employee Review
1.0
Jan 4, 2021
Anonymous employee
Former employee, less than 1 year
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook
Pros
Environmental mission
Cool office location on the water (post-covid)
Entertains remote-worker status
Cons
Mostly junior devs/software engineers creating incomprehensible amounts of technical debit
Project management is often non-existent, which leads to lots of chaos
Huge chasm between the scientists and software engineers to link their work
HR bloopers galore, beyond typical startup stuff
Painful twice-per-week all-hands full of company worship
Sofar Ocean Technologies Response
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Thank you for your feedback and suggestions on how we can be a great company for both our employees as well as the planet. These are all areas that we have grown and have addressed.
The all-hands meetings are really important to us, as many people come from companies without much transparency across teams. Whether you are in engineering, marketing, customer success, or sales we hope that you are able to connect with teams and people across all departments.
It has been a bit since this review was submitted and the company has grown a lot. Our HR team is built of team members with a lot of startup experience and we are proud of our inclusive company culture. When it comes to our Ocean Science and Engineering teams, they work extremely close and are constantly collaborating. If they weren't then we wouldn't have the world's best ocean weather models....which we now do :)
We hope you learned a lot while working at Sofar and wish you the best in future endeavors!
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According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Sofar Ocean Technologies employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Sofar Ocean Technologies. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.
81% of Sofar Ocean Technologies employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Sofar Ocean Technologies 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.3 for culture and values and 4.1 for career opportunities.