Fast-paced - Engineering Manager Compass Employee Review

4.0
Jan 23, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

The company is growing quickly and there are lots of opportunities for growth

Cons

You'll be asked to accomplish the impossible with half the resources you ask for

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5.0
Jul 1, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The technology is the best in the business.

Cons

The company is growing incredibly fast, making company culture a challenge.

2.0
Jun 17, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

People are smart. Very much a “move fast and break things” culture which can be refreshing compared to bureaucracy-heavy corporate life. I don’t agree with their values (if they have any) but what they’re doing is unquestionably working - business outlook is strong.

Cons

Leadership will tell you there’s no ego or self-interest involved in their strategy - that is untrue. It’s an extremely heliocentric culture around the CEO. A lot of the work is based around what people they're guessing he’ll like, but there’s no alignment at the outset and something you worked on for weeks/months will be trashed after one look from him. Their mission is ostensibly about empowering agents but they are solving a problem that pretty much no one was complaining about before they started, and which just so happens to work highly in their favor in terms of market share. It’s just business but very disingenuous- don’t believe the hype that it’s altruistic somehow. Also the CEO loves to share his sob story about his single mother upbringing, but simultaneously enacts some of the most anti-parent policies you could think of.

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