Two Barrels Reviews

I'll address all 3 of the negative reviews you left on consecutive days (the 26th, 27th, and 31st) in one set of commentary. All three are tough and there's a lot to go over, but before that, I'd just like to say I'm sorry you got so frustrated that you felt like this was your only recourse. All right! Let's do this. You don't like the owner, that much is clear. If you're one of the very few people that communicates with the owner, I'd recommend asking for a video call or outline what you're not enjoying and trying to get on the same page. If you don't feel comfortable doing that, I'd recommend talking with your supervisor, manager, or HR directly. I think you'd find the owner very open to constructive criticism and keeping the lines of communication open. No one is perfect, but It's hard to fix anything if you don't actually say something. I disagree with most everything you're saying about the owner, but this is where you're at, so...valid. If you're still working here, I hope you'll use the available channels to try to improve the relationship. If you're not still working here, I hope you are finding new employment that meets your standards. Pay: We post all our pay on every job posting. We do raises and promotions very often like you say. People can judge for themselves if our pay is competitive with the market. We try to pay higher than what the market average is, but we don't try to compete with the likes of: Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and other companies in that arena. We are a different company. We offer stability, meaningful and fulfilling work, tough problems to solve, and we don't treat employees like pawns. Employees mean everything to us and we try to put our money where our mouth is. Although you could make more money at a place like Twitter or other huge tech companies, we have never done layoffs and don't use engineers to just get a product launched and then cut them when the budget needs changed. Our approach, like you mentioned, isn't for everyone. Toxic Environment: I couldn't disagree more with that statement. We have over 800 employees now and it gets more fun every day. We also maintain a 96% retention rate. Your opinion there is very much so in the minority. You don't like change: We have grown a lot, and one of our biggest changes was re-organizing from skill-based groups to full-stack product organized groups. There has been a lot of moving around as we try to find products for people to be on that they are happy about. Luckily the dust has settled from that pivot. We don't think change is a bad thing. We embrace it. We're constantly changing trying to make the job and the company better. Cliques: We've tried to make an inclusive place where there are endless opportunities for career advancement. It sounds like what you call "cliques" are a group of people who are working really hard at helping other employees and the company. With your attitude, you would quickly fall out of that group, as they probably decided you weren't worth the effort to invest in, and redirected their time and energy to others that wanted to be better and do more. At your next job, I hope you're able to find a way to communicate with your superiors and help the company be better. At Two Barrels we're trying every day to be a little better than before. We're not going to be perfect. We don't have it all figured out. We're going to screw up again just like we have more times than we can count, but what's most important is communicating with each other and trying to make things better.