Roostify Reviews

3.2

45% would recommend to a friend

(63 total reviews)
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Rajesh Bhat

61% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

Roostify has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 63 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Roostify 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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63 reviews
1.0
2 Nov 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

I met some nice people there. Most of them have fled the dumpster fire, but we're still in touch.

Cons

When I started, Roostify was the company to work for with its great culture, female tech leads, concern for one another's humanity, and some great tech features to build! And then the CTO stepped down, a new guy came in, and pretty soon, all the folks who would know what's going on in the decision-making meetings began to leave. In droves. Droves! Especially the women. But then everyone. There was no one in engineering who wasn't looking. Meanwhile, when I left, no engineers had been interviewed or hired in over 10 months. Contractors were eventually brought in, but only about 20% filling the vacated positions. And it isn't just engineering that is fleeing that place. Good news, though: If you look like the folks at the top in ethnicity, gender, and background, there's a good chance they'll hire you! And then you can be incompetent, too! Ask the latest hires how competent they are--don't worry if it takes them awhile to get back to you. I'm sure they're trying to figure out the answer. TIP: If you're interviewing there, don't tell HR how diversity or respect in a workforce is really important to you. That won't go over well at all.

1.0
27 Sept 2018

Culture of workplace bullying

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Interesting product with a potential to successed. Most of the employees are talented and motivated individuals who truly care for each other.

Cons

No direction, alignment and zero communication (except once a week during all-hands where executives are talking about all the "exciting" stuff that will happened). But nothing really ever happens. People are leaving the company like rats from sinking ship. But I guess the management (especially HR/TA) approach is that nobody is irreplaceable and it's easy to find new "meat" to harasse. So think twice before considering to join such toxic environment.

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Roostify Response
7y
I am so sorry you did not enjoy your time with us. Our culture is one of openness and respect, and bullying could not be further from our values and the way we treat each other.
1.0
21 Sept 2018

Potential. But that may end up being it...

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The product team that's been built in the past year is strong.

Cons

Leadership in general is weak and seems to think vision absent execution will somehow lead to success. Outside of the product organization, there is little leadership strength. The company continues to struggle with execution. Very few employees have any market or industry knowledge/experience which translates into unnecessary learning curves (and time) required before they are truly in a position to bring innovation to the space. Most of the senior leadership has been in place less than 6 months and come with no mortgage industry experience. Most come from previous SaaS startups, which would be great if the product was architected as a SaaS offering, but to leverage it's actual value, it can only be deployed as a hosted solution. In general, there is a lack of focus and delusions of global expansion are likely to result in continuing to fail at execution. Stay away from this company if you are a strong woman or be prepared to be overworked and under-appreciated. Top leadership devalues women and has repeatedly demonstrated their apparent belief that women belong only in supporting roles and couldn't possibly lead.

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Roostify Response
7y
Thank you for sharing your thoughts. If you are still a current employee, I would love to talk with you directly and hear more. It's unfortunate that you feel your experience here is not entirely positive. We value all of our employees, regardless of gender, and we have also just been nominated by our employees as a Bay Area Best and Brightest company to work for. I would be happy to discuss your particular situation further with you.
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