If you're a professional, consider another company - Anonymous employee Gurtam Employee Review

1.0
May 19, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Free lunch for those who attend the office Mostly nice and creative people Fun corporate events (sometimes in specific locations) Corporate accounts for AI work tools (ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, etc) Office yoga GTP - a system with an internal currency. If you save enough, you can make custom orders. The prices for the store items is usually very high, except for sale periods Coffee and cookies, if that's still the deal-breaker for anyone Flexibility and independence, if you're lucky enough to have a good team lead

Cons

A decent team lead is a rare thing at Gurtam, let alone a good one Everything you can find in those 1-star reviews is also true: Nepotism Favoritism. This is how you make it to the managing position. And if the manager doesn't like you, you will be forced to leave at some point Poor management (thanks to the points above, too). The board of management does nothing, can't communicate properly and shows disrespect to the employees Micromanagement at the level which is hard to imagine until you see it No support from HR, all those mood meetings and satisfaction surveys are just paperwork. If you bring up any concern, it won't be solved. Instead, it will be communicated to your manager, and they will get offended and mistreat you later. Employees are forced to use poor internal tools, losing a lot of work time for arranging a new VPN configuration, a new password tool, etc. Poor benefits for those without a family. Health insurance they use is cheap, learning is covered partially even for group classes, NY gifts became low quality a few years ago. Workshops and excursions in the Vilnius office have up to 15-20 spaces, which fill in the blink of an eye considering 300 people in this location. English speaking clubs are free, which is a pro, but the level of the participants isn't aligned, resulting in people with B1 level attending C1 group. The only real bonus provided by the company was relocation from Belarus some years ago. And they really mention the parking lot at the office (limited as mentioned in other reviews) as a bonus If you're not a developer, you most probably will not get a raise Which leads us to one more concern: in most departments, there is no transparent mechanism of getting a raise or a promotion Company's management is fixed on using AI, but doesn't want to hire dedicated specialists. Instead, every department (including HR, Business development, etc) is forced to create an AI bot, no matter the quality, or need of it, or number of tokens used There is no company-wide policy for AI-generated code: some departments delegate it completely, while others are prohibited from using AI for code-writing Most teams have to attend the office 3 times per week, on specific days, no skipping. If you skip a day, you have to come extra later No flexibility for the working location, not suitable for digital nomads. If you want to change your location, then you have to leave the company Not enough resources are being dedicated to the product that brings most of the money (including new features development, tech debt and bug fixing) Dark office, lack of meeting rooms, closing curtains in your office space or meeting rooms is prohibited Extremely high bureaucracy level, not matching the company size High-end private events only for the management team The functions of certain teams and managers remain a mystery to the rest of the organization I could go on with this until dawn, just consider another company instead

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Gurtam Response
1mo
Thank you for sharing your feedback. We’re glad you mentioned several things that many people at Gurtam value: supportive colleagues, office benefits, corporate events, access to AI tools, and independence in work. At the same time, we’re sorry to hear that after many years with the company, your final impression is negative. Long-term employee experience is rarely simple or one-sided. It can include both valuable opportunities and real disappointments, and we believe it is important to acknowledge both. We don’t want to dismiss the concerns you raised. Topics such as management quality, fairness, growth transparency, internal communication, benefits, tools, and trust in feedback processes are important. We know that we still have areas to improve, and we continue working on clearer communication, stronger management practices, more structured growth processes, and better feedback loops across teams. Regarding AI, our approach is intentional. We encourage hands-on experimentation because we believe people can only learn to use AI effectively by applying it to real work. At the same time, we understand that this is a developing area, and it takes time to align expectations, guidelines, and quality standards across the company. Gurtam is not perfect, and it may not be the right fit for everyone at every stage. But we do care about creating an environment where people can do meaningful work, take ownership, grow professionally, and contribute to the company’s future. Thank you again for your perspective. Difficult feedback also helps us understand where more attention is needed.

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Pros

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Cons

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Gurtam Response
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1.0
Apr 29, 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

None, zero! Oh i have to write 5 words here and I have none.

Cons

1. Micromanagement If you want to feel like in the 1st grade again - Welcome! Even spaces between lines in your outgoing e-mails will be checked. (In fact, all your outgoing e-mails are being read) Or if you like re-doing the same task just because (not important at all) when you do have a lot more important ones - all can be found here. 2. Highest staff turnover People are being fired left and right (it only takes to disagree once). Out of 7 employees 5 changed in a year. 3. Cheapest management What else can you save a penny on? Right, employees' health insurance. Let's downgrade without asking the team. 4. Horrible management style. It would take an essay to describe all facts One fact - no compromise. When you can perform 100% of your work duties from home and still get forced to commute to the office during COVID (who cares about employees safety) 5. Bad mouthing former employees Despite the fact you have the best work ethics and high work standards - turns out it's not a good thing to do your job@200% List can go on...bottom line - RUN!!!

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Gurtam Response
5y
Thank you for your feedback. We are very sorry to hear about your experience with Gurtam, Inc. We value all former and current employees’ feedback so we’d be happy to learn more specifically about your situation. We take the current Covid-19 situation very seriously, and followed all of the appropriate state and federal guidelines. I’m sorry you feel that our organizational coaching style didn’t align with your professional goals and own style of work. We provide this feedback to our leadership team to learn and improve upon past experiences.
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