Efficient Frontier Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Efficient Frontier full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – -lots of flexibility in how to do your job
-small company feel so you get to work great people across various groups

Cons – -lack of established processes so lots of inefficienies
-not enough attention on career development/training

Advice to Senior Management – don't let acquisition hinder the culture of innovation

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Efficient Frontier

Pros – Relaxed atmosphere, flexible hours, lots of nice people. The technology (algorithms) behind the product is solid.

Cons – Managers are hit and miss. Some great ones, and some less than savory ones. Although compensation and raises are commensurate to performance, actual career advancement opportunities are on the low side. More recently, cliques have formed within the company.

Advice to Senior Management – Market and sell more aggressively!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Efficient Frontier

Pros – Only a summer glimpse - a great place from what I saw. Employees really know their stuff, and the technology behind the product really works. And everyone is really friendly!

Cons – If you were stuck there with no car then the only food option would be in the cafeteria, which is good although a little expensive. Some of the work is pretty Excel intensive, so tedious at times.

Advice to Senior Management – Efficient Frontier is going down a good path and is expanding rapidly. Take care of everyone and have more picnics!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Efficient Frontier

Pros – The team works well together. Not much politicking. Focus on getting things done. Product vision is interesting.

Cons – Management team needs to execute faster on ideas.

Advice to Senior Management – You are in a great space. Execute fast and you can win the market.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Efficient Frontier

Pros – open, free to talk, intelligent coworkers, passionate, industry leading technology

Cons – growth, small teams, remote office

Advice to Senior Management – Corporate culture improved while I worked at Efficient Frontier. One of the main things is that EF needs to understand when to say goodbye to employees, or is it just going to be a rough patch for a little and to buckle down for some tough times.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Efficient Frontier as an intern

Pros – Awesome people, fun culture, great company that's making strides (acquired by Adobe)

Cons – Kinda dull work, really. Not exactly where you can apply superior intellectual skills, though people there are very smart.

Current Employee – been working at Efficient Frontier full-time for more than a year

Pros – Start up culture
Good life balance work environment
Good Recognition

Cons – No major cons specifically. But spend more on employees like food facility

Advice to Senior Management – Recognitions are good but spend more on employees to satisfy them to little more extent

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Efficient Frontier

Pros – The field is very dynamic and constantly changing which makes it so you are constantly learning. It is a start up company.

Cons – Since efficient frontier is a start up, you tend to work long hours in order to make sure you can meet the needs of your clients.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Efficient Frontier

Pros – Leadership, as all companies are, isn't perfect. However, DK and his immediate field generals are very sound. The company, who has been around since early 2000's has not been foolish in taken on rounds and rounds of VC backing, and they are very fiscally sound in running their business (i.e. doing deals that are profitable). The algorithm/optimization platform is second to none. And the folks there are very intelligent and most of very approachable to share their knowledge with you. I have always had the flexibility of working at the office or elsewhere as situations needed.

Cons – Like other reviewers have mentioned, hiring new people takes a long, long time. Even though the company has been around for 10+ years, it's still stuck in a 'small company' mentality often times, and therefore, selling the company to would-be employees is difficult. We didn't do a ton of marketing. Now that we're Adobe, many questions arise; not just about 'culture' but will EF be simply absorbed into the new organization and then eventually half its business and employees be spit out?

Advice to Senior Management – It might be out of EF management heads, but their senior leadership of all business groups within EF should be reviewed. There are some unit leaders that seem to be underqualified and might have been given the role for reasons other then professional qualifications.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend