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Kinetic Commerce Reviews

4.3

87% would recommend to a friend

(34 total reviews)
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David Dougherty Troy Michaud

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72% positive business outlook

Kinetic Commerce has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 34 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Kinetic Commerce 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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34 reviews
1.0
11 Apr 2015

Software Developer

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Free lunch on Fridays, that's about it. Hard to think of anything positive

Cons

- Talent deficit, hard to retain good people - Benefits are very basic and you're expected to pay 40% - Worst codebases I've ever seen - Small and crowded office - Management is totally incompetent

4.0
28 Oct 2015
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Pros

Talented and Friendly people A lot of flexibility Cool projects Free lunches on Friday Beer Friday 5pm+ Some snacks They really innovate (not like most company that say they do and they don't, these guys are pretty creative and come up with good ideas) Really good designers, very creative, the best I've worked with. Management is good, it isn't perfect, but they care about the products, they don't micromanage and they are very competent professionals, plus they are friendly and respectful The majority of the Engineers are really good at what they do The better codebase I've worked on, I still think it can be much better though Open minded, collaboration is encouraged This is a place where you'll be challenged and you will learn a lot

Cons

Bad salaries, under market value Bad benefits, and you have to pay for 40% Theres somewhat lack of management, the least Ive seen in any Company I've worked on though I haven't worked here long enough, but I hear there are no salary increases, you would actually get promoted and you wouldn't get a salary increase There are a few, and I mean it, it's only a few employees, that aren't as talented as the rest, nor they care about the company, and while management knows about it, doesn't do anything and so you are stuck working with them High turn-over There is some back and forth on decisions, that's to expect on startups though I guess Somewhat disorganized, there is a lot of movement in terms of the position everyone holds and the project they work on, I think this is temporary, and management is trying to figure this out Small office, and the location could be better I think, and this is my perception, that the talent in the company has decreased, very talented people have left, and not as talented people have joined the company. Not so much investment in their employees, like company-paid hackathons, or options to take online courses or anything of the like, sometimes it really feels like you are there to do the job you are asked (and don't get me wrong, the job itself it's going to b challenging and interesting), but besides a not so good salary or benefits there is nothing else the company invest in their human resources

5.0
6 Apr 2017

A great place to learn, grow, and succeed.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Kinetic is a place that is the sum of its parts. They are scrappy and driven to make amazing things happen for their clients in retail. They are just are driven to make work life just as awesome. In the time I was there I saw the company grow and take a special interest in its employees quality of life at work. Being a design and development firm, they are fully aware of the reality that come along with being: from time to time, deadlines appear and work can get a little busier. But I've seen the team pull together and produce work that can only be described as pure magic. My feeling when I was there was that management was fully sensitive to the fact that people work hard and and deserve to have a culture that is just as concerned about people's well being as their health. Whether it was replacing ALL the desks with standup/sitdown desks, having snacks and fresh coffee available all day, organizing team building outings, catering to the needs of vegans and vegetarians on staff, or welcoming team pet projects for the sake of fostering the culture of innovation, it was clear to me that Kinetic really cares about its employees. I am 100% confident in saying that I learned more than my fair share of the skills that I currently possess at KC. The things I learned there, both hard and soft skills, have been indispensable to me in my career and have prepared me to take work and knock on doors that I would have thought too much or too big, had it not been for KC. I also learned what a tight knit team could do with everyone working toward a common goal. People really pull together there. and they do it cheerfully and energetically. There are more than a few legitimate geniuses on staff, and yet they are humble about it. Nearly all of the extraordinary people who were at Kinetic when I left are still there and are still very happy! I would recommend Kinetic to anyone who's ready to work with some of the most brilliant people in the business and take their career to the next level.

Cons

Just as I said Kinetic is the sum of its parts, there were sometimes a few people who were never satisfied. Some complaints I heard were pretty unreasonable. Here are a few (yes they are actually real!): 1. "Why is there only lunch on Fridays?" (I thought that was awesome, but why expect lunch every day?) 2. "Why don't I have 2 laptops? One for office and one for home? 3. There aren't enough lunch options at Yonge and Queen's Quay (false, Waterpark place is one block away - full food court) 4. One staff member wrote an aggressive letter to management demanding they buy a breakfast machine because they didn't want to wait in line or pay $2.99 at Tim Hortons downstairs for a breakfast sandwich. Regardless of the fact that breakfast machines take longer, require cleanup, and would cause a line in the kitchen as long as Uncle Tetsu's because they only make 2 sandwiches at a time. An old office of mine actually had one and it took 2 weeks before it was never used again for the above reasons. And so on. Fortunately those people would leave eventually, leaving the majority of the staff happy as usual. But I always wished management and their team leaders would be a little quicker about weeding those bad apples out. People like that didn't seem to care that they interrupted the flow of collaborative work and culture for their own sense of entitlement. It happens at every company, but at a place like Kinetic, where innovation and culture are they key to their success, people like that can really slow things down and leave the rest of their respective teams picking up the slack.

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