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Intrepid Pursuits Reviews

3.6

67% would recommend to a friend

(37 total reviews)

Mark Kasdorf

79% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

Intrepid Pursuits has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 37 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Intrepid Pursuits employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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37 reviews
2.0
9 Feb 2016
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Pros

unique office space, friendly people, good opportunity to learn a lot about mobile dev in a short period of time, decent perks for full-time employees (public transportation paid for, opportunity to go to a dev conference of your choice, lots of company sponsored dinners, etc)

Cons

To be fair i was just an "apprentice", but pay was not great for the area (Boston cost of living is insanely high) and my impression was that full time pay wasn't great either. The vibe was very "trying really hard to be a cool startup with an arcade machine and a trendy office space" but the culture is super brogrammer-y and it felt difficult to fit in. I also felt like the apprentice program wasn't structured very well at all; my assigned team wasn't very supportive, and senior employees weren't much help in working through those issues, so I feel like I didn't really get much of a chance to prove myself.

1.0
25 Jan 2016

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Anonymous employee
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Pros

The work life balance is cool.

Cons

Regardless if you have a solid work ethic, if you aren't part of the C.E.O's inner circle or for lack of better wording "chosen few" then you don't belong. It's very click oriented and processes are disorganized.

5.0
27 Apr 2017
Recommend
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Pros

A phenomenal culture that thrives on trust and growth. The internal atmosphere is highly supportive and non-competitive. This means people know their teammates are capable and going to get the job done, which results in very little micro-management and a largely low-stress environment. People are given opportunities to step up and take on tasks, and strong mentorship leads to people being constantly challenged. Learning is also a critical component to the company, and everyone from Apprentices to Senior Devs will find someone to learn something from. Helping each other is key component of the Intrepid DNA and people eagerly jump at the chance to assist a coworker. Additionally, the company is fully supportive of the social ecosystem at Intrepid, meaning there is a tasty buffet of book clubs, game groups, sports leagues and bar hopping that people can choose to participate in - or not! Thats fine too!

Cons

Working as a service company definitely has challenges a product company does not, but the reverse is true. Some of those challenges are providing big discounts to clients or short time frames, which can lead to high-stress projects. But these are becoming less common as the team gets better at communicating expectations and estimations. I think there is also a partial imbalance in team investment. Which is to say, because the Development and Design teams are the primary billable providers of income, they are often treated with 1st priority over some of the other teams. This makes sense - but sometimes feels like other departments are left with less resources.

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