Kiva reviews

4.2

95% would recommend to a friend

(110 total reviews)
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Vishal Ghotge

100% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

Kiva has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 110 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Kiva employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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110 reviews
4.0
Dec 10, 2013
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Pros

Great work environment and culture Good work/life balance Idealism can win sometimes and it's very inspiring Dot-com startup feel

Cons

Dot-com startup feel (i.e., it should mostly be a non-profit serving the poor, but is heavily influenced by neighboring pre-ipo soma retail dot-com's). Company sometimes more revenue focused (i.e., organization) than impact focused (i.e., field). Capitalizes on unpaid interns' idealism. Should pay stipends at the very least to cover bart/muni fare. Located in the heart of the most unaffordable city in America. However, if you can afford the opportunity, then it's worth taking. Career paths are short. There are two types of experience levels -- either inexperienced/young or already established/very senior. Very few opportunities to jump from one group to the other, but the company is not very big.

2.0
Nov 15, 2013
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Pros

my coworkers were cool and there was a great work/life balance. they put a lot of effort and energy into team building.

Cons

the vision for the company is inconsistent with what it initially set out to do. management is deficient and disorganized. there is an extremely high rate of turnover lately.

4.0
Aug 29, 2013
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Pros

Interesting and well-traveled people from many interesting working backgrounds coming together to do good in the non-profit micro-finance space.

Cons

The CEO is moving the org in a direction away from the original mission and this (among other things) has already caused many people including myself to leave the org. Senior management has been re-org'd multiple times and still struggles.

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