Not for me - Engineering Manager Ladders Employee Review

2.0
Jun 27, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Fairly stable company and recognized brand. Mature product and good work life balance. Most ICs were great to work with and became friends after Ladders.

Cons

During my tenure upper management was pretty toxic. There was no functioning product layer so many projects were shots in the dark. Stale data played an outsized influence on decision making.

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5.0
Oct 27, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Interesting projects and good team culture.

Cons

Old technology that needs refactoring.

2.0
Mar 10, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

This review is from 2011. Opportunity cost, you work in New York. Anything can happen there at any time. Well stocked and good variety of snacks. Oatmeal provided for breakfast. The company gave things sometimes like blankets and T-shirts.

Cons

Company culture is unconventional. The end of the workweek is Thursday, because the jobs posted that day go live Friday. So everyone celebrates the end of the week on Thursday instead. If you have a long commute you will be forced to make a choice between sleep and connecting with coworkers and colleagues after the day. Permatemps are also treated as second-class citizens, due to a Supreme Court decision. They don't get to participate in company morale events, such as barbecues, picnics,. One time the company hired masseuses to give employees massages. Permatemps did not get to receive a massage. Management will take credit for your work, so document every exchange. Management would rather terminate employees in the case of an HR incident rather than address the problem.

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