Great company with bleak future if things don't change fast. I hope it does. - Software Engineer Uptake Employee Review

2.0
Dec 20, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great Perks: food coupons daily, beer on tap, frequent free lunch, free goodies and lot of parties and get together. Unlimited Leaves. Good People: People are very friendly and helpful. But a lot of smart people have already left the company. Good Learning Opportunity: The technology stack that we work on is awesome. Our resume looks awesome with just 1-2 years of experience at Uptake.

Cons

Where shall I start? No Core Working Product: Uptake is almost 3 years old but still has no stable, working product. We advertise ourselves as a SAAS company which provides a platform for predictive analysis but all we have is a web app which does not predict much. Hopefully, it will get better over time. No People With Experience: Uptake is a company with a lot of young people. They are all smart but lack experience. Software Engineers become managers in a span of 1 year. There is no proper Architect who oversees things in a project. There are a lot of smart people but not wise people. This led us to fail fast but the problem is we have failed at things so many times that we still do not have a stable product. This too will hopefully get better over time. Not able to hold on to Clients/ customers: Because of the sub-par product the customers are unhappy and eventually stop using Uptakes product. In this three years, many customers left and there is still no returning customers. A lot of bad Contractors: Uptake has hired a lot of incompetent Contractors who do not care about the product. They write bad code which leads to a lot of bugs. All they care about is showing how many stories they have finished so that they get a chance to convert to full time.

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Uptake Response
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Thanks for your feedback on both the pros and cons of working at Uptake. We take this input seriously. There are a few things in your cons that we'd like to add clarity around: - At nearly 3.5 years old, we have not one - but several - working products that our customers, which number in the dozens, are using to increase their productivity and reduce asset downtime. - Our very first customer remains a customer of ours, a point of pride we hold dearly. And in the last year alone, we've signed a number of new deals, including those with Berkshire Hathaway Energy and Panduit, two that are well-documented, among others. - While we do employ many very talented young people, we also have some deeply experienced members of our team from an impressive list of companies both large and small. We take great pride in the diversity of experiences our employees bring to our team. It's with seasoned experience and curious minds we create products that serve our industries well. - We strategically bring on highly skilled and qualified contractors as needed who are held to the same standards our full time employees are. Regardless of position, we do expect everyone to operate with excellence. Anything less is addressed. We hope if ever there are questions or you feel there's lack of clarity around our products, customer base, or staff, you will raise those as appropriate with your manager or with our leadership team. We are always happy to talk through where we've been, where we're headed and what we've accomplished, all of which we work hard to make known across our business. Hopefully you take advantage of the resources we offer - like In the Know, All Hands meetings, leadership office hours and more - to stay informed on progress, goals and so forth. For product specifically, we now do product demos at every All Hands and have dedicated product/tech All Hands meetings to encourage people to learn about what’s happening outside their teams and across the company. We always welcome questions and dialogue.

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