TaskRabbit reviews

3.2

44% would recommend to a friend

(184 total reviews)
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Ania Smith

39% approve of CEO

30% positive business outlook

TaskRabbit has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 184 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The TaskRabbit 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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184 reviews
5.0
Jun 17, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Great Team - Entrepreneurial spirit - Ability to own your role - High Growth phase

Cons

- Very fast paced - Must be able to deal with ambiguity

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TaskRabbit Response
7y
I'm so glad to know you are enjoying your role at TaskRabbit in our UK London Office. The team there is critical to leading the way for us in the EU and are tackling tremendous growth goals with finesse and gusto! I also love working with each one of your via Google Hangouts, and when I'm lucky enough to make the trip over the pond to spend time with you in person (and have a pint at the local pub)! Thanks for all your hard work and effort.
2.0
Jun 10, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great office space with lots of perks. Office / culture events are top notch. Great CEO with an inspirational story to tell. Bright engineering and data teams. Diverse team. Some good recent exec hires, including VP Ops, are promising for real change.

Cons

Middle management is highly inept. Lots of false starts, bureaucracy and politics for such a small size company. No direction. IKEA acquisition is still being figured out in terms of fit into strategy so causing a lot of spinning wheels to show movement. Too many tentative hires without a clear team charter. Lots of juvenile behavior on the part of middle management, little management training, lots of middle school level bickering to get work done instead of being data driven, silos already apparent within teams where "XYZ is not my problem unless it's in my OKRs". No real HR or support, C level execs are mostly encouraging and inspiring leaders but are spread far too thin to help run the business operationally; although rapid hiring is meant to improve the situation. Company struggling to adjust to its new pace, not enough muscle to understand high-growth mode whatsoever due to lots of both junior level hires w/ no real world experience AND a long standing exec team that has not experienced navigating growth for sometime. On the floor, it is a punitive environment with no room for error or disagreement on some teams. Disagreement w/ exec will get you in hot water with management, so go with the flow and do as you are told, or else. Lots of hypocrisy and not practicing what middle management preaches, phony baloney proclamations around "Middle Path listening to understand" that in practice are completely misused, management not following through and 1-way communication.

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TaskRabbit Response
8y
Thank you for taking the time to write a very thorough review. I'm very sorry that you had a bad experience at TaskRabbit. I want you to know that I've read this review, and will be discussing with the rest of our executive team. If you would like to email or talk to me confidentially, please feel free to reach out - lauram@taskrabbit. com. I would like to understand more with the focus on improving. As you mention, our goal is to take feedback in order to learn, improve and ensure the happiness of our employees. Thank you.
5.0
Jun 6, 2018

Great people and lots of opportunity

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- A fun, inclusive startup culture with the financial security of a mature company after the recent acquisition - Opportunity for owning projects and standing out - Coworkers who actually care about their jobs and work hard - A strong emphasis on transparency and candor - Training on bias, communication, and leadership - Regular events like our Speaker Series, company outings, and internal events that let everyone unwind

Cons

- An incredible lack of process and difficulty discussing and establishing them. This will likely improve over time as the company grows and navigates its new future.

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