XPRIZE reviews

3.0

51% would recommend to a friend

(96 total reviews)
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Anousheh Ansari

66% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

XPRIZE has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 96 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The XPRIZE employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Nonprofit & NGO industry (3.7 stars).

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96 reviews
2.0
Jul 22, 2016

Yes and No

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Inspiring. Exciting. Surrounded by crazy smart people.

Cons

Upper management isn't fair. Lots of gossip. Low morale.

5.0
May 10, 2016

Dynamic and Fascinating Place

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

A sense of the possible pervades XPRIZE which is just genuinely refreshing. The staff are bright and committed, and all ideas are taken seriously. The office space itself is open and inviting, and everyone is available to talk no matter their position. I've been around enough to know welcoming environments from closed ones, and trust me, this one is welcoming.

Cons

A lot of change in the last two years has caused some discontentment, but as a result of that change, things are stable and hopeful. The process XPRIZE went through to make change happen was difficult but necessary, and we are now at a place of true excitement.

1.0
Mar 31, 2016

New CEO is Encouraging...

Recommend
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Pros

1. The company pretty much has a 4 day work week with the 5 day being deemed "work from home". Most people take Friday or Monday so they can have a 3 day weekend every week. Yes, we are all 'working' on that day (wink).

Cons

Well, I've been here awhile and I've seen and heard a lot of things - some negative and some positive. I really think there is a good group of people here that have just been beat down by years of bad management. Listen to the staff and you will quickly find out that they just simply crave a fair, honest place to work where they can make or break their careers on their own merit and it isn't being sacrificed and carved up by hidden agenda's and politics. I do like our new CEO, I think he is a good guy with strong ethics but with a lot to tackle. He walks the halls and you can feel the optimism...that is rare around here. There is a saying that you have to "beat the grass to startle the snakes"...Hopefully he is beating the grass. I will say that I am relieved that their have been some shifts in management positions and hopefully their are more to come. Like a bad haircut, sometimes you can't fix it...you have to just cut it all off...and start all over from scratch! :)

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