Quirky Reviews

Ben Kaufman is not an easy person to work for. When he's not acting like an insolent child and offending anyone in his path, he is extremely demanding—sometimes unrealistically so. He was not open to much logic, criticism, or input regarding the way he ran things. Often he would reject logical ideas without hearing them out. It seemed like he took joy out of firing people. Sometimes he and the other C-levels would publicly make fun of people they've fired and other former employees. It felt like they were a clique of bullies on the playground. Pretty unprofessional. Also, the entire start-up philosophy is taken to the extreme at Quirky. Projects are started on a whim (because Ben has a last minute idea) and then abandoned just as quickly. Everything seems to happen at the last possible minute. Nobody seemed to care about the products we were making—just the hype they produced. And forget about the community. Ben admitted on several occasions that "the community doesn't matter." It was really a bummer that most people consider Ben a boy genius, when in reality you never saw much of that at the office.

HORRIBLE management and CEO. This company will be driven to the ground in no time. I've seen so many people I started with get fired after 3 to 6 months due to non-performance related issues. Many individuals left great careers at other firms to join Quirky and then were let go in less than a year. Also, there is an utter lack of work/life balance. The expectation is that Quirky becomes your life and you will work 10-12 hour days at least. If you are talented, don't come here and don't believe the hype.