Life-sucking and likelihood it will never be good enough… - Recensione dipendente - Dipendente anonimo presso Upstart

1,0
19 gen 2023
Dipendente anonimo
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

WAS a cool company to be a part of their growth journey

Svantaggi

#1 - Leadership - Rot starts at the head and works it’s way down #2 - HR is in shams & very disorganized #3 - Clique culture - pre vs post IPO hires #4 - Non-Existent training #5 - Unsupportive work environment to support different employees unique needs #6 - I could go on… This company is split between those that came pre-IPO and those that came after. The pre-IPO employees are viewed as loyalists who can do no wrong and get founders’/leadership’s unwavering support; and many of the post-IPO employees often can’t do enough or anything right in leadership’s eyes. Viewed more as expendable and valued as less than. NUMEROUS people on our broader team were threatened with PIP at the first sign of not doing something in the manner their direct manager would do it (again all post-IPO hires). Very degrading to overall morale of the team. And without any structured formal new-hire training, this was a continuous occurrence early on in various employee’s tenure. Also, since Jan 2022, the number of Directors+ I’ve seen last <6 months is too many to count. It’s really embarrassing. When I tried to speak / vocalize minor concerns to my direct leadership and/or HR about my work needs, I was immediately ridiculed and targeted- rather than acknowledged and heard - for having a different point of view and also learning + work style. Even though I always achieved the targets they put in front of me. Managers that were pre-IPO hires can do no wrong… so don’t even try to question them. Just quit or document everything if you get one of them. I could really go on, but I’ve wasted enough energy with this company. I’ve read every single negative review that’s been posted up until this date, and can relate to EVERY SINGLE ONE. As critical as leadership is of its employees, they should also look at themselves and be just as critical. Instead they just place the blame elsewhere, so nothing is improving.

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5,0
11 giu 2026
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Promising product, competitive pay, lots of work

Svantaggi

Unstable, leadership is hit or miss

2,0
10 giu 2026
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

- Compensation. Only reason I don't give them 1 star. - Remote Work - Pretty diverse

Svantaggi

- incredible amount of politics, process, and red tape for an engineering org on the smaller side - Chaos. There were three re-orgs between Fall 2025 and Spring 2026. Actual madness. - High turnover is embraced. They will gladly let go of long time high performers with years of tribal knowledge and hire someone new with more experience. You eventually up with a team where everyone has hardly any domain knowledge. - Fear driven environment. You will hear performance mentioned every week in company comms and how they want everyone to be X% more productive with AI. - Speaking of AI usage, they take it to the next level. Slack messages, Jira tickets, code, design documents. All made with AI. It will be the most overly verbose word slop you can think of and you'll get a pat on the back for being so thorough. My manager seriously told me how she just copied a technical design doc into chatgpt and read that. Wild. - Cutthroat. With the new focus on productivity gains and measuring performance with PR volume, LOC, and token usage, people hardly review PRs anymore because it gets them nothing. Be prepared to spend lots of time begging your team and other teams for reviews and then waiting. Unless you are good at playing politics and have the time / energy for it, I would avoid this place at all costs. If you are just looking for something short term that pays well and encourages you to use AI for any and everything, this place works well, just don't expect to stick around for long as you're considered a veteran at 2 years with all the turnover they have. I'm glad I left for something else when I did because I see on linkedin they've had more layoffs since.

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