Mass layoffs via email with no severance - Anonymous employee Overtime Employee Review

1.0
Jan 12, 2021
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Any pros I can think of (occasional free bagels? a free tshirt on your birthday?) are far outweighed by the many cons

Cons

I'll start with the most obvious: During a time of international crisis (the Covid outbreak), Overtime chose to lay off 30 employees via a generic mass email, with no warning and no severance. They then had the audacity to ask us to sign a confidentiality agreement in return for one month's COBRA coverage. That's right: in the midst of a global pandemic, the management made the decision to hold our health insurance hostage in exchange for our silence. I was disinclined to acquiesce to their request. The less obvious: Despite what management may claim to the contrary, Overtime is very much a boys club with some serious ableist, sexist undercurrents. Statements were made by the CEO implying that taking sick time was a weakness, and the only thing necessary for success was *working harder*. Furthermore, I worked under a (male) manager who not only consistently made me feel inferior, but who also frequently took credit for my work. It's also interesting to note that post-layoffs, the tech & design team consists exclusively of men. The takeaway: As a woman, this was an incredibly negative, unsupportive, and damaging environment to work in; as a woman with a disability, it was even worse.

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5.0
Jun 15, 2026
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Pros

You have to read what is written here with context as there are two types of people who work at Overtime. The first is people who believe in the mission of Overtime and want to build something bigger. They work there usually for 5 - 7 years or more. The founder and former CEO was mission driven, relentless and created something for people to believe in. I don't see a lot of those voices here. The second group is just "people who want to work in sports." They aren't at OT for the mission. They just want to work in sports and as such usually quit, don't like the long hours or hard work. That's a lot of the feedback here that's anti company and management. And yeah, it's not a place for everyone, it's not a lightweight job or punch the clock job by design. So no doubt those peeps didn't like it. It's a unique and at times very special place. But you have to believe. If you just want to work in sports, it's not for you.

Cons

It is a lot of work. It is high expectations. Everyone is up front about that. But if you want to take on the biggest companies in the world that's what you need. If you just want to work for the biggest companies and this is your path - it's not a great fit.

5.0
May 29, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Company moves fast and is innovative People have a chance to make a contribution Management communicates well with weekly meetings. The CEO really took the time to explain and teach and inspire. He was very creative and had real college professor energy. I learned a lot about business and life from his Friday meetings.

Cons

As creative as the company can be if the sales people can’t sell the company suffers.

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