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Cradlepoint

Acquired by Ericsson

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Almost too late - Software Development Test Engineer Cradlepoint Employee Review

2.0
Dec 6, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Great people, great product. Good work life balance. Free snacks.

Cons

Lots of cons unfortunately. Management does not listen. They are looking for answers elsewhere, ignoring everything in front of them. The quality of the product has took a huge hit in the last year or so. R&D leadership is in lala land and investing energy into offshoring and the Los Gatos location. Great talent has left the company and there was no attempt to retain them. The culture is a mess. About 3 years ago, Cradlepoint was voted best place to work and they felt like they should do anything to maintain the culture. Teams are siloed and the climate is toxic because the lack of communication makes it where co-workers are rarely on the same page. The company used to have great potential and an attractive culture. It went down the drain a couple of years ago. They scrambled at first trying to fix things by re-organizing R&D, but lately they just gave up. They are oblivious to how damaged the reputation of the organization has declined. The CEO used to care, but he is seeing the damage and doing nothing. People who come here and put a 5 star review are part of the problem. There is no great company that has people quitting regularly.

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5.0
Sep 2, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Best team I've ever worked with. Great "family" environment.

Cons

Became a big company, Being swallowed by a mega corp

4.0
Jan 22, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great people and management. Hard working team. Very flexible with work life balance. One of the best products in their market. Good partnerships.

Cons

The commission plan is slowly getting worse every year. (Renewals don't pay out at 100% anymore, very difficult to hit quota, multiplier reduction at lower levels) are some examples. This could be different in 2024 but in previous years the quotas were almost impossible to hit in most territories (as a growth company they had to set them high) I don't know the exact number but I would guess around 15-20% of ISR's consistently hit quota. The base pay is average at best (Wages in Idaho are lower than the National average. Compared to traditional sales motions, you don't have much control on building pipeline. There's little things you can do but most of your destiny depends on which install base accounts you have and the partners in your region that are finding business.

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