empowr reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(133 total reviews)

Michael Pousti

65% approve of CEO

79% positive business outlook

empowr has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 133 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The empowr 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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133 reviews
1.0
May 3, 2018

Failing Company

Anonymous employee
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Pros

1.The idea for the product is interesting.

Cons

1. CEO is awful to work with. This company is TINY only about 8 people so you HAVE to interact with him every morning for scrum. Multiple times he has cussed at and belittled employees, including the VP. He completely lacks professionalism, many people have left and only 7 people remain. 2. The company is failing. They have been unable to make payroll so they have moved everyone down to almost minimum wage, that includes their senior developers and DBA. For this tons of people have left. 3. THIS IS NOT A STARTUP. The company was originally founded in 2002, they were originally SMS.ac and FanBox. FanBox received tons of negative publicity because they did not pay their employees. 4. You will be expected to work weekends, mornings and everything in between. The Founder has said people who need work life balance are losers and will NEVER be successful. 5. NO Culture. If you have to go in for an interview the first thing you will notice is it's DEAD QUIET. You could hear a pin drop. There are company happy hours but the Founder goes to them. When he attends he makes everyone super uncomfortable since he's socially awkward so no one really talks. 5. the product looks like it was made in the 90's and is not very user friendly. There are always tons of bugs and problems with the code because the main developer is super sloppy with his code.

1.0
Jan 6, 2017

Deceptive Practices

Anonymous employee
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Pros

During my time there what I loved most were the people I worked with. They were smart and dedicated. They were all sucked into a bad situation.

Cons

Simple: Was hired and not told that there was money issues. Job and company were miss represented. Week over week we would be told that there may be a time where we would not be able to collect a paycheck. Mike the CEO is mentally abusive and completely full of himself. I left on my own accord because I could not stand to watch people be used. He loves hiring straight out of college because he figures they are less likely to know what a real company looks like. Making engineers work a obviously illegal amount of time. The atmosphere in the office is complete silence, because there is no joy in being there.

1.0
Jul 3, 2017

Member Services

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Your coworkers are amazing people, lunch and dinners, snacks, and fully stocked fridge.

Cons

The CEO and management don't care about the well being of any of their employees. Just their own paychecks.

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