- Pay was always very low. Still today advertises 35% under market value in my field. When they were a startup it was worth it and the excellent benefits made up for it. There are really no excuses today.
- The company went public in summer 2021. And while some early employees made a lot of money on this stock sale, that was the beginning of the end. That's when the startup became the big corporation they hated and openly mocked for the first decade of their existence. Directors and shareholders now called the shots. The KPI's got much stricter and good people started getting fired at an average of 1-2 per week. It was no longer a feedback culture.
- After 2-3 years of the office morale being in the dumps, the company closed the Tampa office which had done so much to build up their empire, and they laid off 307 employees. The Tampa office was always neglected and overlooked to begin with and this was the last straw. Several of my friends were suddenly out of a job and I was heartbroken for them.
- I went for a long shot and applied to come back to work for them in January 2025 and was not treated fairly. Surprisingly my application got through the algorithm and then I was sent an assessment, which I aced (partly because I helped my lead write part of the page on their website that contained all the answers.) I then received an automated email stated I was being rejected because of the test result, which was impossible. I asked for an explanation and was ignored by 3 people. I escalated the issue to the Head of Recruitment, who generously said that the system wrongly rejected my application, that I am indeed a strong candidate, and we could proceed with an interview IF I was willing to move to Austin Texas. I am still disabled and that is not possible at the moment. I tried to offer a compromise or asked for some other accommodation ideas that could work for both myself and the company, and I was yet again ignored. I wish that recruiters and hiring managers understood how hurtful it is to be ignored, especially after you've gotten past the initial screening and spent a significant amount of time on the hiring process, even more so for an ex employee who wants to come "home"
- That's another negative about the company in 2025. The job can 100% be done remotely (it was for a year and a half during Covid and my productivity went up during that time, not down) but they absolutely refuse, even for a disabled employee who is highly qualified to do the job, but just physically can't commute to an office 3 days a week. This company says all the right things about diversity, but is not at all serious about providing reasonable accommodations for highly qualified employees who request them. I asked for a 12 month exemption from the office policy with a doctor's note, stating I'd commit to moving to Austin in 1 year, and that was ignored too.
