Terrible place to work, sorry. - Anonymous employee Forward Employee Review

1.0
5 Feb 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

-ambitious, goal-oriented team. -smart engineers -great location in SF -wonderful vision and 'mission'

Cons

-unethical, sketchy management -toxic culture that runs people into the ground -although company mission is admirable on paper, real intentions seem fake - big time BRO culture especially among founders/CEO -intimidation tactics used to keep people from speaking their mind

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Forward Response
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Hi there- it sounds like you've had a tough experience here. I know we just wrapped up our latest Culture Pulse survey and looked at the results together as team. If you'd like to talk about any of that personally and share your experience I'd love to hear from you. -Dana

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Cons

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Cons

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