Kool Aid - and lots of it - Product Manager HOVER Employee Review

2.0
Jan 31, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

This is your typical start up story of where everything seems shiny and awesome and the “culture” is so great and the company boasts all this “transparency” and the perks and swag and the hoo rah and the kool-aid all taste good. Most people who work here, have had little to no startup or previous tech experience so given that this is their first, it creates this air of naïveness because there’s really nothing to compare it to. The best part about this company is the generous time off, PTO and wellness days that they provide.

Cons

This company - and the E staff and managers who work for it - probably use the word “transparent” at least once a week. They pride themselves on being this ultra transparent company, which, in fact their transparency is actually just poor execution, inept management, failed organization, and a product that is limited in both its scope, capabilities and customer base. This place tries so hard to be like something else and something that it’s not. My experience with multiple managers and the HR team is that they have little to no life or work experience to make them quality in their roles, which just adds to the dissolution. They like to promise that roles are a stepping stone for something greater or a foot in the door, but then don’t give any advancement. The salary for certain roles is also below average and the lack of annual or COL raises is disappointing and a fail.

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HOVER Response
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Our team is made up of talented, hardworking individuals, including many with extensive tech experience. We believe diverse backgrounds bring valuable perspectives, making us a stronger company. We are confident in our compensation approach, which is centered on easy to understand, scalable, and competitive compensation processes. We use best-in-class compensation data to define pay for each role, level and location and create our bands using the 75th percentile. From there, we follow a performance-based compensation model, which means top performance is rewarded with higher compensation over time. While we're sorry your experience was not a positive one, we stand by both our product and our team. We appreciate your feedback and wish you the best in your career.

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