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Smartfrog&Canary reviews

4.5

89% would recommend to a friend

(86 total reviews)

Charles Fraenkl

94% approve of CEO

88% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.7

Diversity & inclusion

4.6

Culture & values

4.6

Work/Life balance

4.6

Senior management

4.6

Career opportunities

4.5

Compensation and benefits

Smartfrog&Canary has an employee rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars, based on 86 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Smartfrog&Canary employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

Reviews by job title

86 reviews
2.0
Aug 15, 2015

lots of kinks to work out

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Crowd sourced funding shows huge market and interest, strong VC backers. Nice working spaces and perks. Appear to be career opportunities if you can navigate the internal politics.

Cons

Leadership of company in over their heads. Consistent turnover in the time I was there because they didn't know how to build culture. Unsurprised to see other posters talking about it not being a woman-friendly company. It's not.

4.0
Mar 5, 2016

Exciting Work with Brilliant People

Software engineer
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The Canary software team is filled with very smart people, most of whom are more than willing to share their knowledge and experience. I've learned so much about so many areas of software by virtue of working with such a diverse and knowledgeable team. Given the nature of the product (IoT, distributed systems), the work is always interesting, and I've seen some of our most junior team members rise to leadership positions or spearhead mission critical projects. Management and senior team members are usually open and eager to hear ideas for solving the problem at hand from all of the team members.The opportunities for growth are unbeatable. This is not your typical web dev job. The fairly permissive remote work policy, catered lunches, occasional chair massages, snacks and alcohol, and team parties are definitely nice perks.

Cons

The company has an unlimited vacation policy and management is generally permissive in this regard, but I see unhealthy work/life habits from some individuals or even entire teams that contribute to somewhat of a culture of overwork. If you set boundaries from the outset and add value, people will respect that, but it's easy to get sucked into working 50+ hour weeks and taking a paltry amount of time off every year. Management should be more proactive in enforcing healthy work/life balance for team members. I've seen habits of overwork at this company lead to negativity, burnout, and clouded judgment that has affected the entire team. Luckily, there are also lots of team members who are more enlightened and encouraging about maintaining a healthy work/life balance and working efficiently rather than logging hours.

1.0
Mar 12, 2017

Company going under.

Customer support engineer
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

2 years ago the company was doing good....since then I had gone down hill There are no other good things about this company

Cons

The product is cheap Company has no money They try to push stupid discounts that will never work It's not tested correctly They don't

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