Unlikely To Be Worth It - Engineer Striiv Employee Review

2.0
Nov 19, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Flexible about formal job requirements Absolutely desperate to hire in all areas Exposed to a large number of technical areas The space and goals of the company are good on paper Many nice people here who have been similarly duped

Cons

No training or on-boarding Incompetent and ill-tempered management Inability to address known issues or stop making the same mistakes after months or years Zero process or scheduling; all work is done in response to fires and often repeated endlessly due to mismanagement Zero transparency about state of company or management decisions Very inexperienced engineering team High turnover means your friends may leave Adversarial work environment; you have to argue for everything you need

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5.0
Nov 19, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

CEO has excellent product instincts and execution. He was able to create an environment to get products out quickly and on time. Prepare for an intense, drink from firehose type workplace.

Cons

Expect to get a lower than market salary (but receive stock options).

4.0
Jul 28, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

You'll wear all the hats. There's actual opportunity for advancement, and you're surrounded by people who care about what they do. Nobody does the insane 90 hour crunch weeks as a habit, and that's not expected or encouraged. This isn't perk central, but as far as insurance/benefits go, you're looking at packages you'd expect from a much larger company (including the employee discount package for stuff like movie tickets/destinations, etc... that you'd get at Cisco), and there are (almost) always snacks/sandwich makings/soda in the fridge.

Cons

You'll wear all the hats. This is definitely a start-up, with all the good and bad that comes with it. If you have a skill that's not your primary function, you will most likely to be called on to use it. More transparency is always good, but in this case it's not information being intentionally hidden, it's just that there are so many balls in the air that information can take a long time to get where it needs to go, and deadlines can suddenly appear out of nowhere.

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