Every company has it's issues- the Good far outweighs the Bad - Anonymous employee Localytics Employee Review

4.0
Mar 9, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Localytics has a team in place to take the market by the horns and do great things The technology stack is innovative and the engineering team is among the best in Boston Localytics works with some of the best brands in mobile and has, far and away, the best customers in the market The compensation across the board is, by every review here, pretty great If you're able to self manage and self motivate there is a ton to learn and so much opportunity if you're ambitious and fight for it Some recent, major changes have given new focus and motivation for everyone to be successful

Cons

Micromanagement at the top has caused some processes to slow to a crawl Some changes have been made without an apparent plan in place There shouldn't be a need for the CEO's signature on every decision made- it often holds things up and gives the perception of a lack of trust in leadership at the top Not a con for Localytics but former employees are using GlassDoor as their personal vendetta site and slandering a company that has it's flaws but ultimately is still a great place to work is disappointing. If you worked here for 3 years and had so much built up anger and resentment then that is clearly a you-problem.

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Cons

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4.0
Jan 22, 2016
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Pros

+ Generally friendly workplace, can be a little clique-y on some teams, but overall, people here are easy to get along with. + Can't speak to the other departments, but engineering hires very well. Coworkers are all very smart, capable people who are bullish on improvements, care deeply about their craft, and don't settle for stupid hacks. + The work is both challenging and interesting. + People actually care about tech debt here. + The work environment is relaxing and offers generous vacation time (untracked) and work from home policies. + Management encourages a culture of openness and transparency that while not perfect, at least makes you feel comfortable voicing your opinion. Whether anything comes out of that probably varies by manager, but my managers are all good folk so I don't worry about that =).

Cons

- If you work here you gotta be capable of giving yourself direction and making/clarifying important decisions on your own because management sometimes drops the ball by throwing out half finished requirements and expects you to fill in the blanks. I'm probably making it sound worse than it actually is, but regardless you gotta be a go-getter. - There is a major lack of communication between departments and this hurts product focus among other things and is pretty much the reason for the consistent annoyance of direction and scope changes for feature work and why the product can't always get the improvements it needs. - No matching 401K. - Free lunch is provided on Tuesdays, not Fridays. I know the complaint is petty, but I can't get over it.

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