Ambassador Labs Reviews

Most of this is not negative in the traditional "bad" sense just things to be aware of... If you want (or need) stable and well defined goals they do not always exist and sometimes it is not clear where product direction is headed. Planning feels haphazard and rushed at times. It's a startup so expect startup problems when it comes to not always knowing where the wind is blowing. There’s a bit of not-invented-here philosophy in the engineering organization and it can be frustrating if your mindset is oriented towards solving a problem and moving onto another problem rather than deeply exploring the problem space for a creative and (possibly) better solution. This is not necessarily a negative, but it was a source of frustration for me personally so know thyself and know what you are getting into. When you do build or suggest something "new" there's a deep vein of scepticism in the dept that the "new" thing is actually useful or better... there was a team in-joke that "Complexity is never removed just shifted." ... the problem is that at times it feels less like a joke and more like a team philosophy but it is quite reductionist and leads to deep analysis paralysis. Since the organization is young everyone is learning… including management. This is not a bad thing really, but just understand that there may be moments of confusion because even the upper-echelons are getting a feel for running and coordinating a business across marketing, sales, and engineering. Culturally, most folks work from home and it is hard to develop a sense of camaraderie with your team when you only interact with them in person once or twice a week and usually only at their computer. If you want to be friends with your coworkers rather than just professional acquaintances then it can be hard. The company despite having a strong WFH and remote work culture has not necessarily developed the systems necessary to be 100% effective with a remote staff.

Some people in the company are in their first job and it shows, no matter their management. There is a lot of figure it out as we go, but best practices are never actually put in place, just whatever is hot this week. The CEO is a micro manager who has to be the smartest and loudest person in the room. Nothing gets done when he's in a meeting except he feels like he's "teaching".