Don’t believe the hype… - Anonymous employee Underdog Employee Review

1.0
Feb 18, 2024
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Remote and pay/benefits are decent.

Cons

By far the most chaotic, stressful, and unfulfilling job I’ve ever had. Horrible staffing practices, micromanagement, and zero room for growth. Unless you are part of their inner circle, you will not get recognized, promoted or most importantly respected for your contributions. They like to claim they’re still a start up, yet they have 350 employees. All that says is they dont want to put the time and attention into creating best practices, processes or have realistic paths for employees to grow or develop. It’s just an excuse for them to function at a chaotic pace and be extremely indecisive. Burn out here is real especially when certain areas are grossly understaffed and nothing is done to alleviate employees from being stretched beyond thin on a daily basis. This place quickly has become overrun by middle management and the focus is to hire more of them to sit in meetings all day instead having enough individual contributors to actually do the work.

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Pros

Very high paced, high agency environment. Intense, but with really good people. High growth and expanding into completely new business lines and industries

Cons

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5.0
May 5, 2026
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Pros

Fast-paced environment that offers employees a lot of ownership, and the opportunity to leverage all of the newest AI tools. It's really awesome to have the freedom to learn how to use these tools in an age where AI is moving so quickly. Add to it, a great sports culture - whether it be chatting about that weeks games, or attending games at company offsites, it's a unique opportunity to work at a sports company. Most people are really kind, and there are a lot of smart leaders across the org that do an excellent job of coaching by giving you a sense for what the end goal is, and gives you the freedom to figure out how to solve the problem(s).

Cons

Moving fast means processes are still being built out in real time. If you need a lot of structure or defined playbooks, you'll have to help create them. Similarly, roles can shift as the company evolves. You need to be comfortable with change and figuring things out without a lot of hand-holding. Lastly, with teams spread across time zones, async communication is a must. Not for everyone if you prefer tight in-person collaboration. It can also be a bit isolating the first few weeks of onboarding when you don't know anybody, but everyone is really welcoming and a month or two you'll feel well integrated.

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