InStride Reviews

-Very low Pay, no stock options -Not a tech company in any capacity (nothing is automated - all manual processes) -Dev team is 95% contractors overseas who don't care about the architectural design and implement subpar code, which leads to major performance issues -There's 5 staging environments, half of which are broken & are constantly overwriting each other -Lack of trust in their FTE base (everything is gated - tech team doesn't have access to tools to do their basic job) -Zero organization (teams do not communicate with each other/decisions do not consider the downstream impact) -Very meeting heavy & rely too heavily on Slack -Not a mission driven company/not customer focused -Terrible leadership -Promotions are more of a popularity contest, not performance based -Non-collaborative work environment, innovative ideas are not encouraged, leadership is stuck in their ways -Weak strategy and product positioning that changes year to year -The company is not profitable (not signing deals, cutting millions in budget)

The employee burnout here is absolutely real. Many join because it looks good on paper, but many have left and will continue to do so because it's chaotic and toxic under the hood. Everyone is super smart, dedicated, passionate to deliver but it almost feels like you're running on a hampster wheel, expected to join marathon, back to back meetings, work crazy hours, have vicious and non-productive feedback loops that make you question your expertise, lack of direction, where you're expected to sell solutions that solve D&I challenges, and yet the company itself doesn't dedicate or devote enough to the cause internally.