YouVisit Reviews

4.0

70% would recommend to a friend

(28 total reviews)

Abi Mandelbaum

51% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

YouVisit has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 28 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The YouVisit 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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28 reviews
1.0
19 Feb 2017

Not Worth It

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

You'll get to see how NOT to run a business. Very passionate CTO who wants to make awesome things. Virtual reality is great...but it's only a small part of what YouVisit does. Free lunch twice a month. The company pays for health insurance, but it's laughably bad insurance. There's been a few attempts at activities, but there wasn't enough thought put into them. There are a lot of very talented and smart people. But they are all just waiting to jump ship.

Cons

Employees are severely underpaid and chronically overworked. YouVisit is the type of place that wants you to work harder not smarter. Extremely high expectations. This wouldn't be bad, if employees were compensated fairly and treated like people and not widgets. There's a high level of micromanagement from senior leaders who more often than not have no idea what they're talking about. No transparency into how decisions are made or how the company is preforming. Authoritarian management who demands respect, but hasn't earned it. No equity. But management expects absolute buy in. No room for career advancement. Lack of resources. Good luck getting access to vital programs or even a decent computer. Disguising facility. There's a 50/50 chance the plumbing won't work everyday. Dirty and grim covers everything. The CEO lives in Florida and has no clue about what is actually happening in the office. Monthly pay checks because it's "an inconvenience" to do it every two weeks. A general disregard for honesty. Lots of talk but very little follow through.

2.0
19 Aug 2016
Recommend
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Pros

- Mostly great people to work with - they'll be the reason you stay as long as you do. - Catered lunch every other Friday. - Company pays insurance premiums, though that does mean it's the most basic and crappy insurance. - Casual start-up environment with casual vibe. - In an exciting space and time for an emerging technology. - Work-life balance is decent for a start-up - most folks are in by 9 AM, out by 6:30 PM.

Cons

- The company is self-funded, which sounds great at first, but really just means there's no budget for anything and the founders are too close to their money to make sound decisions and take necessary risks for the company. - Founders all have different visions for the company, none of which get effectively communicated to the company. Complete lack of direction. - CEO lives in his house in FL and has very limited contact with the rest of the company. Rarely knows what's happening with the company. - Human Resources has very little structure and handles personnel issues coldly and improperly. - Most senior leadership hires are meant to be "yes men" and are backed into a corner despite having subject matter expertise that indicates a different decision should be made. That then trickles down to their direct reports. - CTO is sweet and cares about his team immensely, but has the team move on to new more exciting projects so quickly that things are rarely done in proper quality - just see the app reviews in Google Play and the iTunes App Store. - Management almost immediately puts pressure on new hires and solicits them to write "Positive Glassdoor Reviews", so be weary of some of the reviews on here. - Not great atmospheric incentive given the "scrappy start-up" label they like to use. Most start-ups like them might have a filled snack pantry, public commuting reimbursements, daily catered lunch, gym reimbursements, etc. Don't come in with those expectations.

1.0
23 Oct 2016

Stay Away!!

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Virtual Reality is a fun product. Lunch catered every other Friday.

Cons

Fully Bootstrapped = no money, no budget Severe lack of company focus - they were all over the place with their ideas They laid off about 5 people in one day while I was there - all of whom seemed to be great employees. The CEO is in Florida and barely ever around. Managers wear too many hats - spread too thin. No time to help their teams. Laid off employees received no severance and no warning. Benefits are AWFUL. Really poor insurance package and you only get paid once a month!!

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