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RootMetrics

Acquired by Ookla

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Great startup got bought and changed - Report Analyst RootMetrics Employee Review

3.0
Jan 25, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Colleagues, atmosphere, commute options, high-speed open source environment. Open to cross training, lots of hands on work. Able to take on new opportunities if you can prove you're capable.

Cons

They just laid off 10% of company, benefit adjustments result in more out of pocket cost for employees, a lot of uncertainty

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5.0
Sep 26, 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The team I worked for was great. There was mutual respect and encouragement, which helped keep moral high when work got very challenging.

Cons

At times, it required long hours in the office to get especially lengthy reports finished and out the door.

2.0
Jan 5, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

1. If you like coffee, there are plenty of choices. 2. Management is generally laid-back.

Cons

1. Combining vacation and sick days into one PTO bucket means people are constantly coming to work sick. You'll catch whatever goes around, guaranteed. 2. Turnover seems pretty high in the software groups. 3. In the software groups you'll hear a lot of Agile methodology buzzwords, but it's really just disorganized waterfall-ish. "Sprints" can span months, for example. 4. Management may be laid-back, but also pretty standoffish by hiding in offices and rarely interacting with the people that report to them, let alone people on teams they don't manage. For example, after well over a year my skip level manager has never spoken to me about anything work-related, not even a "how's it going on your team?" 5. Unusually noisy open office environment. If you need to actually think about what you're doing, good luck. 6. Yeah, we have a parking problem, but putting together a telecommuting policy is too much trouble.

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