Good culture, great mission, business starting to hum - Anonymous employee Upwork Employee Review

5.0
11 May 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Still acts like a small company. No meaningful politics and lots of empowerment Great business model - The merger is behind them

Cons

We still try to do too much for the number of employees we have

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Cons

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Pros

Pay and benefits were pretty good. Only reason I stayed.

Cons

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