“Not right for everyone” more like “not right for anyone” - Anonymous employee TechnologyAdvice Employee Review

1.0
Jan 26, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

There really are not many expect the middle management trying to do their best for their teams.

Cons

The negative reviews are true. Unless you are willing to drink the koolaid and ignore mistreatment of employees (overworking, micro managing, monitoring, wrongful firing, favoritism, etc) then I encourage you look elsewhere. TA was a great company in the beginning, but once the rose colored, or rather koolaid colored, glasses came off, it is so clear that there is no real support. The exec team ignores their individual contributors, overworks their middle management and looks for shortcuts and ways to save a dollar over the growth and well being of their employees. The head of the company takes company wide meetings to talk about his personal goals or thoughts of the week. Is that the best use of time? The rest of the exec board goes along with whatever he decides that day and doesn’t support or back well thought out and data driven ideas from their teams, but favors reactive decisions leaving everyone in whiplash. The turnover is constant, people are being fired or “let go” secretly leaving teams scrambling, every team is understaffed with no plans to backfill, AI is the only thing they care about and the “transparency” is a brick wall. Not every company is right for everyone. That’s very true and totally understandable. But this company is not right for anyone. Toxic from the top down, which leaves everyone burnt out, confused and afraid. Even speeches from the exec team about “keeping each other accountable” aka - policing eachother (not in the job description) You have seen it constantly in these reviews but the computer monitoring software is actually so wild. It’s not an industry standard, it’s not used to help you and it is there to watch your every move. If that’s cool with you - great! If you don’t like the idea of your worth being how many hours you crunch in a day but rather the impact of your work, then this isn’t the company for you. Please think long and hard about what you value. Wether your in sales, marketing, customer support, engineering, writing, events, people management, hr or any other department, please take pause, do your research, ask about these reviews and their policies before accepting an offer.

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5.0
Jun 4, 2026
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Pros

- The people are a delight to work with! - Fully remote-first company with owners and executives who have repeatedly committed to staying fully remote. There are a few regional offices that some execs and nearby employees work out of optionally, but the vast majority of the company works remotely. - The company culture has years of remote-first experience and does a great job keeping teams connected despite the distance. - Management offers a lot of flexibility in work schedules as long as they average around 40 hours a week. - There is a strong focus on helping employees learn and grow, with great support for career development within the company. - The company leans heavily on promoting internally, including into management roles. - Lateral moves are also supported at times, with some employees having started in one department and transitioned into a completely different role. - Unlimited PTO (typically around 3-4 weeks per year in practice). - HR and executives actively listen to and act on employee feedback. - The culture is team-win oriented and supportive, so there is noticeably less internal competition than you might find elsewhere. Pro and con: The company culture centers on continuous improvement, which means employees are generally expected to bring ownership and initiative to their work. If you prefer a more heads-down, clock-in-clock-out style of work, this may not be the right fit.

Cons

From my perspective, exec and middle management planning still has room for improvement. Last year, leadership struggled to plan more than a month ahead, with priorities shifting significantly from month to month. This year has shown improvement, with planning horizons extending to a quarter or half year and fewer drastic shifts, though notable shifts still occur at times.

1.0
Jun 30, 2026
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Pros

Many of the employees were very nice.

Cons

The worst company culture I have ever seen. They micromanage everything including your time on the laptop with a spy software that they tell you is for productivity reasons when it really is to justify the jobs of the "genius" management teams. If you go walk your dog for 15 minutes you get pinged as not being productive. The management is ridiculous and they change on the fly. They preach corporate culture but it feels like the Gestapo is watching you at all times. In sales the bottom line is the bottom line, they are so busy worrying about the wrong metrics that they suffocate you. I was nervous taking a lunch break. It's insane. They want you to be logged in and active on your computer at least 7.5 hours per day which is crazy. In sales you have to make calls, do reports and proposals and sometimes you need to strategize. If you work in an office environment you are getting up to go tp the bathroom, talking to coworkers, maybe going outside for a smoke and I guarantee most people are not on their computer for 7.5 hours a day. I've never seen anything like this before in terms of the "big brother" monitoring. Stay as far away from them as possible if you want a decent quality of life.

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