An "interesting" take on collaboration - Anonymous employee Miro Employee Review

1.0
30 Jun 2021
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The salaries are market competitive, and there are opportunities to work with interesting people as Miro is hiring top talent from established companies.

Cons

In my view, the very rapid growth that Miro has benefited from during the lockdown had propelled very junior, unprepared employees to responsibilities they were not ready to take on. This is starting to change as Miro is aggressively buying talent from established companies, there is however a serious gap in competence at the senior leadership level, especially in the people function. I have observed people being very busy with shallow, meaningless deliverables with a tendency to do things for the sake of doing so. It felt that senior leaders were using their teams to run their own experiments and satisfied their huge egos, rather than effectively creating value for the enterprise through business impact driven programs. Ironically, collaboration is the most misused term in that company. In my experience, there was NO collaboration: senior leaders come up with their own "creative" ideas and then assign the execution to others (the oldest story in the world) and expect things to get gone: the opportunities to give feedback are very shallow and don't actually change the course of projects, input is gathered for the sake of it. Additionally, I think several senior stakeholders do not have the education, work experience or even the desirable behaviours to lead a company through evolution. In various meetings, I have observed leaders hiding behind the excuse "we are a start up" to justify appalling execution and/or behaviours. At times in meetings I was wondering whether I was attending some teenager's university homework presentation or attending an actual business update. If you are looking for an opportunity to meet people and have fun at the start of your career, it could be a nice experience. However, if you have developed functional expertise and expect to develop your skills and knowledge, run away! In my view, the only thing there is to learn as a seasoned professional in this company is "how to cope with Miro" which I don't think is a transferable competency.

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5.0
4 Feb 2026
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Pros

I just started at Miro this week and I have had a very good experience. All the people whom I have met from the interview process through other employees in the onboarding process have been genuinely curious and helpful. The company culture really shines through the employees and that's something to appreciate, especially considering I have yet to go into the office. The benefits are great and the deductions are very reasonable. The company invests a lot into their employees. They have fun Slack channels and provide many tools and resources to help employees be more efficient at work. Miro is an AI first company that's way ahead of the AI revolution when compared to my previous employer. Hybrid working schedule with free food at the office and a gym.

Cons

The pre-onboarding process was quite long. My first interview was back in October of last year and my first day was in February. Self relocation only, although worth it in my opinion.

3.0
1 Jun 2026
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Pros

good company culture, nice office space, flexible time off

Cons

lack of directions product is always changing weak leadership employee compensation is changing- more expectations and making it harder for us to make money

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