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Dysfunctional Company. Marginally Useful Product. Questionable Leadership. - Recensione dipendente - Dipendente anonimo presso Quid

2,0
24 gen 2017
Dipendente anonimo
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

You'll get a paycheck and health insurance.

Svantaggi

Quid has never known what its product should be, and the management team has never bothered to fix that problem. Instead, it hires very talented sales people and convinces them to sell a marginally useful but nice-looking product to big companies for very large annual contracts. Those contracts almost never get renewed. The bigger issues arise from the questionable competence and dubious integrity of the senior management. At one point in Quid's history, the company had a CTO with a math and physics background who had never actually developed software in his life. Despite a low-utility product and a ton of product, UX, and tech debt, the current CEO (recently re-instated a few years after being demoted by the board) never saw a problem using his selling skills to convince people to buy into his grandiose ideas. The CEO's combination of salesmanship and ethical shakiness enabled him to persuade high-caliber people to join the team, famous investors to invest millions, and big companies to sign 7-figure contracts. In all cases, the unfortunate rubes find themselves facing the reality of the situation and rapidly become demoralized. Those who can leave, leave. The rest are holding the bag. If you have any ambition, competence, and integrity, you'd be better off finding another job.

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5,0
3 gen 2022
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

It is a great place to be.

Svantaggi

No complaints whatsoever - it is great.

5,0
3 mar 2017
Dipendente anonimo
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

The culture here is the best I've been a part of. It's elastic and fits all types. Opportunities abound and are encouraged to think big and outside the box. Employees are finally getting the recognition deserved for impressive deals made and projects accomplished. This is another level of transparency shedding light into what departments and teams are working on. Improvement here is still needed but it's better than before. The leadership team has made impressive strides in providing transparency across the organization, such as sharing the deck presented in the most recent board meeting. Teams are encouraged to set goals and OKRs for the team as a whole and for individual contributors that roll into the bigger picture and goals of the company. 360 reviews offer constructive feedback for employees and quarterly surveys are sent out for employees to chime in on how the company is doing and where improvements need made. These results are shared with the entire organization during an all hands meeting. The people, the product, the big dreams, the culture, the leadership team, the benefits -- there is no other place I'd rather spend my working hours.

Svantaggi

As is the case with most startups and small companies of this size, change is going to happen as the company evolves. Depending on which side you're on, this can be exciting and good or bad and scary. The product, while beautiful and powerful, can be hard to get excited about if your job does not require you to use it every day.

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