The Potential To Be Amazing... The Execution of Endless Failure
Pros
LiveText provides employees with a selection of organic, non-GMO, artisanal, locally-sourced delectables every morning in their state-of-the-art company kitchen. They also offer an open game room, where employees are encouraged to enjoy a game of ping-pong, or enjoy a delightful melange of assorted savory and sweet treats... when the days are too grim. In addition, the company spares no expense every year to provide carefully designed custom greeting cards; ensuring that each employee takes into account the quintessential effervescent taste of the company leadership.
Cons
In spite of the cacophony of edible and visual treats... LiveText is a company in dire straights. Behind the closed doors comes closed minds; where good ideas are often debated into oblivion by an out-of-touch collective of higher education hangers-on. Clout and style take precedence over rationality and sober-minded business practices. Teams are often not given the necessary power to own their departments – instead being relegated to grunt work and never-ending micromanagement. The company adheres to no singular vision or marketing plan. Product development stagnates, as it's spread across several outsourced teams. Internal development efforts are often an endless cycle of "putting out fires" in the outdated platform. Ultimately, the company is mired in passive aggression and "gut-feeling" directives. When the bright minds who are hired into the company make light of obvious problems, they are rarely if ever listened to. The leadership values insubstantial and impractical flights of fancy – like a literal addiction to providing lanyards in promotions. The company promotes a vision to help people "pursue their potential", but the words mostly ring hollow; as only a handful of employees have lasted at the company for more than a year or two. High turnover is often overlooked as individual issues... or are disavowed completely. But the writing is on the wall (and across several of the reviews below). LiveText is a place that gives the appearance of a progressive software company. But the leadership is too busy bickering and planning to see the forest for the trees.
