RigUp reviews

The leadership. They foster a culture of competition amongst the teams and don't have any empathy for the employees. They don't value how long it takes to get to know the business and they will fire people on a whim. The move people around and reorganize constantly, without getting the buy-in from the managers of the team. The product is really non-existent. When I asked the head of product for a roadmap, he said we didn't have one. It's a staffing company that runs on spreadsheets and people, not technology. It really doesn't feel like there are that many adults in the room and it's disheartening because they are sitting on a really great idea with lots of good, smart people. They have very few loyal employees because they are not loyal to their employees and don't care to listen to what they have to say. In the two years I was there, there were more than 4 initiatives around goals so they could covertly layoff or fire the bottom 20%. None of them ever stuck and we pivoted to something else

I was hesitant to write this post but I think there are a lot of misrepresentations that have been said about RigUp following layoffs the company did as a result of Covid19. RigUp is what I call a "real world" economy business. The company's marketplace lets businesses from construction to energy put together crews of workers for various projects. Due to the pandemic, business was impacted and so the company made a hard decision to lay people off. They had to do it over video because there was a stay at home order and likely in person meetings at the office would have contributed to more virus spread! Secondly, the layoffs sucked. I know. I was impacted. Yet I am thankful for the experience there. The business is fast growing and intense and challenging. In my 2 years there I gained 10 years of experience. I think there are a lot of people who are angry and frustrated. The truth is the company treated us really well. Sometimes too well and that likely led to entitlement problems. I have friends that have been let go at other companies in Austin recently. RigUp's severance was so much better than theirs. Even on our way out, they took care of us. Is the company perfect? No. Is the company well intentioned and caring of the employees? Without a doubt. Yes.