Excellent Workplace, Poor Communication - Anonymous employee Jelli Employee Review

3.0
Apr 30, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Jelli does it's best to keep up with the Silicon Valley Lifestyle. They provide great benefits, decent salary matching and 401k. If you work in Engineering they provide great training, and it is an excellent place to work if you are in the Marketing or Engineering department. Most of the people there really care about the product and they have high standards for performance. Provided you get a good manager, you will no doubt excel in the environment if you have the work ethic and single-mindedness to excel in the job.

Cons

Management is new, particularly in their administrative, HR, and Accounting departments. Performance is discussed briefly and glossed over, and I saw many times in the company where people were let go who had no idea they were under performing because it was never explained to them or who were let go because management did not like them. In addition, the turnover for their administrative departments, namely Human Resources, Accounting, Office Management & Culture is extremely high, due to poor communication, high standards and a inability to communicate short-fallings. They refused to hire an in house accounting and human resources department during my time there and this did not help the short-fallings of the company in that area as well. In addition, their recent acquisition by IHeartMedia makes the future a bit foggy, due to IHeartMedia's bankruptcy and business dealings with the company being close-doored. The downgrades to employee lifestyle because of this merger are evident, but it was no doubt a smart move by management to be acquired, and it is understandable why the decision was made.

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Cons

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Pros

Jelli is a great place to work! I came to Jelli from a much larger company, and immediately found myself making a much larger impact on the company and product than I ever did over many years at the large corporation. My day to day is much more fulfilling and rewarding. This is a great place to work - everyone is very supportive and focused on working together as a team. This is not a stressful, cutthroat startup - it is a relaxed, yet high performance environment. It all starts with a great culture and solid leadership!

Cons

This is not the place to be if you want to be on the bleeding edge of the tech stack (which is fine for me). Engineers are encouraged to explore and implement new technologies and methods, which is great, but often there is not quite enough time between feature development and platform stability. San Mateo, as a location, makes it tough for the commute - most people are coming from the South/East Bay or SF.

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