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3.7

67% would recommend to a friend

(9 total reviews)
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Michael Kane

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64% positive business outlook

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9 reviews
1.0
Sep 30, 2017
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Pros

You have a lot of responsibility and and have the opportunity to learn new things everyday.

Cons

Management has no idea how the development process works. Keeps forcing teams to meet sudden deadlines, resulting in redoing work later. Management has no idea how they want to sell their product. Resulting in an unclear product roadmap and switching of projects on a daily basis. Management misleads customers with claims a product exists. When clients then demand the product, engineers are pressured to build it on the fly. Management is severely culturally insensitive, constantly appropriating Japanese culture, makes "Americanized" nicknames instead of learning to pronounce names.

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Hedgeable Response
8y
Thank you for your review. I am going to answer this objectively, and not as if it were "fake news", or a disgruntled former employee or competitor trying to sabotage us, etc. We have a very simple company culture, there is a Hedgeable 10 Commandments posted on the wall when you walk in. 1 - No Closed Door Meetings 2 - Flat Company Structure 3 - No Suits Allowed 4 - Work Should Be Fun 5 - Challenge Everything 6 - Never Settle for Mediocrity 7 - No B.S. 8 - Integrity & Honesty are Paramount 9 - No Clock Watchers 10 - Build Products People Want We have regular HR reviews with every team member, including separate ones with management (which Mike did just a few weeks ago and many of these topics were covered). Every team member is asked for open and honest feedback in all of these sessions. I am looking through our notes and not one of the things in your response is in there. Therefore I must surmise that you are blatantly violating 4 of the 10 Company Commandments (#1, #5, #7, #8), and only privately under the guise of anonymity are posting these remarks. This is extremely disappointing and is the kind of behavior that we ran away from in corporate america. You will never be reprimanded for following the commandments, making suggestions, and raising concerns at Hedgeable, quite the opposite. Again, let's assume this isn't fake news - have you ever suggested ways to improve things you foresee as issues (suggesting better deadlines, recommending product roadmap software, recommending hiring an executive search firm)? The answer is no, because we have it nowhere in any of our meeting notes. This now violates a fifth company commandment (#5 Never Settle for Mediocrity). These Commandments are not meant for marketing; they are part of the company culture, and if you do not believe they should apply to you, we respectfully believe this isn't a long-term fit for your career.
5.0
Aug 31, 2017
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Pros

Very very smart peeps I get to work with. We have a huge roadmap and lots of great partners, so I am never bored. Things are REALLY fast paced. We get to travel all over the world because our partners are global, which is really cool.

Cons

No unlimited vacation policy...at least yet!

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Hedgeable Response
8y
We are happy you are enjoying the culture, and the engineering work you are doing. Your suggestion on vacation has been noted with the HR manager!
5.0
Apr 1, 2017
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Pros

I’ve learned A LOT in my time here. Small and fast paced team. Flat structure. Encouraged to push the boundaries on product, design, and ideas. I love our office, it’s right next to all of the trains and the Flatiron. I can sit in on meetings in other departments and have input. We have a diverse mix of people on my team from a lot of backgrounds, makes for a fun work atmosphere. All employees (that I know of) have stock options. We have really high quality lunches paid for, plus team bonding events.

Cons

You have to be a self-starter to thrive here. Projects move very quickly and deadlines are tight. It's a small team, so hard to get quiet time by yourself.

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Hedgeable Response
8y
Hi! We are working on a more advanced SDLC and project management + scrum tools to solve some of the growing pains. We are cognizant of deadlines and will look to improve on that in the future. Diversity is a big part of our culture here, and not just in obvious areas, but also diversity in thought and work experience.
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