AnchorFree Reviews

Current Employee – been working at AnchorFree full-time for less than a year

Pros – * Small company (40 employees), big work area, motivated employees, and friendly colleagues.
* Great Mission and Product
* Fast growth trajectory - the company will become very big in coming few years.
* Well funded, Good revenues, and profitable for last 2 years.

Cons – * Company is at the cusp of growth, making it slightly unorganized.
* The product still needs many improvements.

Advice to Senior Management – * Keep up the good work.

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

Former Employee – worked at AnchorFree full-time for more than a year

Pros – Mid-range salary for the tech industry

Cons – -Bad management
-Product doesn't work and falsify reports to clients
-Threatening to staff
-No meetings; poor communication between departments
-Undefined roles
-Lots of gossip and bad power trips
-Management has bias towards females and ethnic minorities
-If you don't speak Russian, you will feel isolated
-Unhealthy food
-Unethical behavior
-Options never granted to employees
-Mundane, mindless work

Advice to Senior Management – Shut down your business.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at AnchorFree full-time

Pros – The product itself has interesting idea and I am able to do greencard process.

Cons – Hours are very long and pay is low, but company provides help with immigration.

Advice to Senior Management – None

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at AnchorFree full-time for less than a year

Pros – Very interesting work environment due to the nature of the business involving international affairs and global usership. The company, overall, brings great meaning to one's work as we truly benefit users by providing them with access to otherwise blocked content and material.

Cons – Regular downsides of start-up environments such as lack of extensive documentation, engineering backlog, etc.

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

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

Pros – The office contains a gym, footsball, a pool table, ping pong, free food and drinks.
Convenient location in Mountain View.
Very friendly team

Cons – Some organizational items are not streamlined, requires more steps. Mainly because of small size of company, so hope will be improved in near future.

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

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

Pros – Flex schedule
Exciting, challenging work
socially-minded product
ability to make a real difference in the world
high equity upside
great workplace perqs--free gourmet food, drinks, etc.
Highly motivational CEO
Fast-growing and successful
Can bring dogs to work
Friendly, helpful coworkers

Cons – I have a 50 minute commute

Advice to Senior Management – Continue to review employees comp plans on ongoing basis to reward best workers

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

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

Pros – -Friendly staff; All upper management are understanding, caring and easy to work with!
-Awesome employee benefits
-Dog-friendly workplace environment

Cons – There are no downsides working at AnchorFree.

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