Fivestars reviews

3.9

70% would recommend to a friend

(267 total reviews)
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Victor Ho

93% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

Fivestars has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 267 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Fivestars employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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267 reviews
1.0
Oct 26, 2015

Do better

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Pros

Some very intelligent individuals in the company, nice that you can have dogs in the office, some of the typical perks of a start up such as some catered lunches, happy hours, etc.

Cons

Low Pay, Overworked, company claims the culture is so great but if you are not overworking and kissing up or in the correct friend circle you will not be given the opportunities to advance. Benefits are horrible, they are not honest and transparent with your job responsibilities and expectations, you come to find out that they make up a lot of rules as they go. Not everyone is capable of being a leader/manager but this company is more for quantity than quality. Lack of diversity, the list could go own but overall the company is very much unable to keep up with the explosive growth they claim to be having. Churn is high.

1.0
Oct 14, 2015

Operations

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Pros

Free catered lunches Monday, Tuesday, and Friday. Fun and Young environment. Team outings and retreats.

Cons

What seemed to be a promising place for an individual to grow their career turned sour quickly. FiveStars used to be a place where you could express your thoughts openly and not be exiled for it. Once upon a time FiveStars really did believe in it's core values and practice these values in employees day-to-day. These values were 1) work hard play hard 2) bring your everyday self to work 3) authentic relationships 4) shared humility. None of these values exist in FiveStars today within the Operations and Sales organization. You could simple look at an employee and tell they hated their job. Management in both the Sales, Account Management, and Customer Support team. Performance and metrics mean nothing if you're on the bad side of one manager. Personal issues that FiveStars should protect their employees from are swept under the rug and used against you. Upper management does not paint a clear path for growth or success. NPS surveys are not anonymous, therefore employees feel as if we have no voice.

5.0
Oct 13, 2015
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Pros

The managers and higher ups truly care about providing the best environment for its employees and want you to succeed. -World-class training -Family environment -You can be yourself -Given all the tools to succeed -The people in the company want to change the world for the better -Product sales itself Came in with no sales experience and struggled for the first 2 months, but hit my stride month 3. You aren't going to come into this job and start making sales left and right by working 9 to 5. You have to put in the extra work and reach out to your peers from around the country to learn. You're constantly learning and bouncing ideas and how to handle objections off of your co-workers and managers. You never stop learning. After you sign up a merchant and you see them grow and doing well, it brings a smile to your face. You have to put in the work and not be afraid to work an extra day or two on the weekend especially when you first start. Can't say enough about how great the people in this company are.

Cons

One of the major cons for me is that there is no 401k company match. I think they're looking into that in the near future. Also, it would be nice if the outside offices had catered lunches every Monday for when we came in.

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