Ontic reviews

3.6

73% would recommend to a friend

(70 total reviews)

Lukas Quanstrom

78% approve of CEO

85% positive business outlook

Ontic has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 70 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Ontic 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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70 reviews
5.0
Jan 27, 2022

Ontic is, without a doubt, the highlight of my career

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Pros

I've been at Ontic for a year and a half and seen the company evolve and grow tremendously, but the mission has always been crystal clear to me and stayed consistent. I also value the direct line to leadership, even as the company has grown. Meetings are led with an informal, but organized structure that makes speaking up easy. The founders are approachable and motivating (and just enjoyable to be around). Flexibility has been a huge plus for me - I primarily work from home and come in when it makes sense for meetings, and feel trusted that I am doing my work. Most of all, I love the work we are doing to help keep businesses and organizations safe - something top of mind in this day and age. While a good portion of employees come from security or military backgrounds, a majority do not and there is an AMAZING onboarding program that gets employees ramped up to understand the industry, or know where to turn or who to ask when you don't have an answer. This is a company that stands out for all the right reasons and will continue to do great things. I am proud to be a part of it.

Cons

Stressful parking at the office at times

1.0
Jan 13, 2022

Unrealistic expectations and poor middle management

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Beautiful new office with fun in-person events (even during the pandemic) - Enjoyable people to work with - Mission-driven company making a product that helps save lives

Cons

- Pressure to come in the office during a global pandemic. Multiple people on my team had to "get sent home for being sick". We ARE still in a global pandemic... you should not be coming into the office if you are sick. This was appalling to me. - While leadership is accessible and approachable, the breakdown happens in middle management. - No work/life balance - there is an expectation to work 8 am-midnight and work on the weekends. I had a massive life event that they were aware of before they hired me and completely overworked me up to the day before my event. Additionally, my manager told me that they could make an exception for it, but "we usually only take off one week total a quarter" ... Look at what they claim their company benefits to be - it's a "flexible PTO policy". - During my time there at a company of a little over 100 people, multiple people were fired. They also raised a series B so it isn't a COVID issue, usually, start-ups would try to invest in the people they hired not just immediately fire them. One person was only there for one day... ONE DAY! I've never seen that before. -Nepotism - Using the "we are a startup" mentality to overwork employees - Obbessive complusive nature to work. Don't get me wrong, it's important to pay attention to detail, but middle management is extremely invasive and controlling taking micromanaging to a level I have never seen before that didn't advance any process or make things better. Rather it caused unnecessary additional stress, provided a terrible example of how to work to young employees, and frustrated other departments that had to work with my department. - Focus on the wrong things - GOSSIP runs wild - ZERO diversity

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