Mar 12, 2016
Anonymous employee
EverQuote Response
10yOh boy, where to start . . .
I’m sorry to hear that you’re having a less than awesome experience at EverQuote. We believe strongly in developing our employees and make sure our folks have every opportunities to learn new skills and take on more responsibility. We are incredibly proud of the fact that nearly all of our senior managers stated at the company in entry-level, individual contributor roles. In fact, every single one of our analytics teams managers (including our SVP) started at the company as an entry level quant analyst. Please, please speak to your manager, Shimrit, or Seth if you’re unhappy with the projects you’re working on (or about anything really). We want to make sure the concerns of our employees are being heard and we can only do that with constructive and honest feedback.
That being said, we’re well aware that the work environment at EQ places a lot of responsibility on our employees. We are a huge company without a laddered career path or formalized universal training program. Rather, we provide individualized support and resources specific to our employees. And, because of this, we strive to hire folks who like doing things a bit differently; know how to ask for help; are comfortable taking responsibility early and often; and have strong innate leadership skills. But yes, this environment isn’t for everyone.
And finally, yes, in April 2015 we did encourage our employees to write a Glassdoor review with a $10 Tatte (the awesome bakery across the street from the office) gift card. We did NOT require, nor do we have a way, to make sure employees write only positive reviews. Folks did NOT need to show us what they wrote - we trust our employees when they say they did something - and as such we received about ten reviews (including some 3 and 4 star reviews) that month. We thanked our employees for their honest feedback and for taking the time to let the world know how much they love working at EQ, as well as for their constructive feedback.