Disqus Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Disqus

Pros – Great culture! Very friendly company and everyone is friends with each other outside of work. The office is cool, couches are comfy, and the food is delicious.

Cons – Some teams are a bit disorganized and it can be difficult to get joint tasks done.

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

Former Employee – worked at Disqus

Pros – Everyone is talented (read: smart) and energetic, including the non-technical team members. As with most startups this size, there are virtually no politics. There are even virtually no technical "religions" espoused by the founders, being mostly a meritocracy.

Cons – Perhaps not entirely inappropriately, it's amateur hour. For someone with experience, it can be frustrating to see basic mistakes being made, like premature optimization concurrent with delaying investment in infrastructure until there's a "fire drill" every week. The facilities, lacking hot water, air conditioning, or ADA compliance, as well as administration and benefits, reflect a similar leanness of competence. The technical work is boring for all but the most junior engineers, as evidenced by a high turnover rate of the early non-founder technical employees.

Advice to Senior Management – Delegate the less important decisions and duties. Don't take VCs' technical advice, but, rather, use their connections to other companies with experience to get that input. Focus. Communicate the big events, like financing to employees.