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Compound Photonics

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Run, don't walk, don't pass go, don't collect that paycheck... - Anonymous employee Compound Photonics Employee Review

1.0
Feb 16, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The rank and file people are actually pretty smart and were fun to work with. The tech is conceptually interesting. The COO seems to be doing the best he can, considering the situation.

Cons

Where do I start? The CEO is absent so the company is like a rudderless ship. The software management layer installed last year, a group of ex-Microsoft rejects with no ASIC development experience, is beyond clueless. Back-biting and favoritism runs rampant. The culture is on life-support. The product design is a hairball.

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Compound Photonics Response
10y
It’s difficult to tell from your post if you are still a member of the CP team. If you are, you will be glad to know that we have taken a number of very positive steps forward in improving our internal communications programs to better explain our go-forward strategy for the future. Additional steps and programs will follow shortly – all of which should excite our CP team! If you’d like to share additional thoughts and concerns with us, you can do so confidentially by following the below link. http://goo.gl/forms/UXvyJ1ZTlq

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Pros

I have been working for Compound Photonics for a little over 2 years. I feel the negative reviews on this site do not accurately reflect the culture or atmosphere that exists here. This is a great Company, and while it has it's short comings, I don't know of a single company that doesn't have any short comings. The Management team, especially my reporting manager have been extremely supportive and I feel they care about me as an individual, they understand the work life balance and are flexible which has really helped me and my family with recent life events. The Company I feel is committed to providing the tools necessary to the success of the company. I see this everyday as we are constantly helping different teams get the resources they need to accomplish tasks at hand across all our locations. If you come to work for us, be sure to come down and say hello to IT we enjoy getting to know the new faces at Compound Photonics and knowing what we can do to help.

Cons

This is a startup atmosphere, plans change and often very quickly. Sometime change comes before the communication, but if you like a fast pace and ever changing environment, then that wont be much of a con. It can be exciting and challenging.

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Compound Photonics Response
10y
Thanks so much for the strong review and we’re glad to hear that you’ve had such a positive experience with Compound Photonics thus far. Regarding your Advice to Management, we recently announced a monthly newsletter – Illuminations – from our executive team that will no doubt enhance top-down communication. Expect to receive the first edition of Illuminations in early April. If you care to anonymously share any additional feedback with us, please follow this link: http://goo.gl/forms/UXvyJ1ZTlq
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