Worst Experience Ever - Anonymous employee Firework Employee Review

1.0
12 May 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Smart people, interesting product, quickly growing team

Cons

Inexistent work/life balance, horrible HR, people run from this company, no benefits or clear career path, all in all I would not recommend my worst enemy to end up in Firework

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Firework Response
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Thank you for your feedback. As a company with a strong product culture, we are happy to hear that you recognize this and the high-growth stage we’re in. And like with many others in this stage, there are growing pains. We champion work/life blend and integration and encourage everyone to get their work done in a reasonable time so we’re disappointed to hear you’re not experiencing that. In fact, our CEO is the “influencer” of mind/life wellness. While you’re noticing turnover, which does happen at below the industry average, we’re proud to say our most successful channel for talent has been through our referral program for 3 years and that is how the majority of us came to Firework. Opportunities to grow and take on new challenges is the top reason folks stay at Firework based on internal surveys. We’re sorry to hear your experience has not been reflective of the majority here so we encourage you to share more details directly with People Ops so we can better understand how to improve.

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