Mothership Strategies reviews

The work / life balance can be difficult. When folks come in, they are eager to prove themselves and often struggle to draw boundaries (esp. hires fresh out of college). This is not a clock in clock out sort of job, but most places in DC aren't. My work life balance feels similar to my friends on the Hill. Mothership also faces a lot of issues that most start ups face. But management is actively trying to fix these issues as they arise. We adapt quickly, but we are a rapidly growing company that can face growing pains.

When someone starts at Mothership, they quickly realize that they've had their last free weekend. Over the last year, the company has exploded in profits, and almost none of this has found its way past the three founders. People regularly find themselves working 60+ hour weeks for very little pay. If you should choose to say something is wrong at this company, you should expect to be pulled into a private meeting by one of senior management. One time, someone mentioned how it was strange that we had absolutely no chance of a raise. They got brought into a meeting with a partner where they were sternly told to shape up and be grateful for what they have, despite this person being much more qualified than many other people at their same pay scale. Another time, they threatened to fire four people because they made some jokes about how the office was out of Red Bull. There is very little incentive to stay with this company for over a year, and most people don't. The people that do are often so overworked that even though they desperately want to leave, they cannot find a spare second to apply or actually interview elsewhere. The partners base their business around getting people fresh out of college who are eager to prove themselves and don't realize that working conditions are better pretty much anywhere else. I have told friends not to work here.