I just left - Engineer betterworks Employee Review

1.0
26 Oct 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Its hard to give a positive, but theres free food, train, and the peeps (excludes management) I worked with were great.

Cons

They can't pay engineers a real salary. They're too busy figuring out paint and carpet colors. They're willing to spend so much money on office renovations instead of paying us actual livable salaries in the Bay Area. We are a startup, no one actually cares about paint. We care about being paid a livable salary. One guy is living pay check to pay check and I heard a girl was living in a garage. Its not the startup life that I had hoped it would be. The Sales team haven't met quota for TWO years. All of us are leaving, theres no point in joining when no one is around to build a product. Leadership is at its absolute worst right now.

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5.0
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Cons

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2.0
5 Jan 2026
Recommend
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Pros

They try their best to not say no to anything. ( if that's good/bad you decide)

Cons

Work-life balance is not there. Managers call and text at all hours of the day, and night. Ask for you to work on weekends, etc. The leadership has shared that the CEO is only looking to re-coop his investors ( John Doerr) money, and then thats it. Also, micro-management by junior managers at its best!

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