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Janrain

Acquired by Akamai

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3.9

75% would recommend to a friend

(6 total reviews)

Jim Kaskade

95% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

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5.0
Jan 24, 2019

Great startup with a strong exec team and solid product

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Pros

Senior leadership team are great people who know what they’re doing and care about their people. Flexible work hours Great pay and benefits World class platform Good people who you can work hard with and play hard with

Cons

Had to think long and hard here. Might have had some cons a couple of years ago, but management was dedicated to fixing them all, whether it was people or product or partners, and I believe the company is now firing on all cylinders.

4.0
Jul 11, 2018

Keep the culture, invest in your people

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Pros

Janrain has/had an amazing culture. The product was ever-changing and evolving.

Cons

The culture kept diminishing as more (and more, and MORE) VP's were hired despite understaffed teams. The product adds new functionality every month it seems. Becoming more of a security company due to the CIAM space (not necessarily a con). Salaries on the low-end for the market with limited opportunity for raises.

2.0
Jun 13, 2015

Lack of Leadership, Low Pay, Low Morale

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Pros

Interesting Technology. Janrain's products solved legitimately hard problems. Very flexible PTO policy. Roof-top patio. Office location in downtown Portland.

Cons

Lack of leadership, across the board. Larry seemed like a great guy, but didn't fit the role of CEO for a company of that size. Other executives were even more questionable in their ability to lead a team, collaborate across departments, plan, and execute. Middle-management was often non-existent. Pay seemed pretty low for a company of that size. Lots of lay-offs in 2013 and 2014. Very low morale. A complete inability to ship customer deliverables. I am pretty sure that we did not have a single satisfied customer during my entire tenure. Products had serious problems with scale, lack of testing and QA. No real product roadmaps or planning. Constantly in "fire-fighting" mode. Product direction was driven far too much by demands of single, big customers.

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