Motley Fool Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Motley Fool full-time

Pros – A meaningful purpose, passionate colleagues, strong leadership, excellent benefits, flexible schedules, and the opportuity to work beside and learn from some of the best investors in the world.

Cons – There's always so many fun things going on around FoolHQ that it can sometimes be hard to get work done.

Advice to Senior Management – While Fools are motivated by our purpose, challenging work assignments, development opportunities, and a host of other factors, our actual cash compensation is also important to many of us. Please don't forget that.

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

Current Employee – been working at Motley Fool full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – It's a great environment to solve problems. The management really cares about it's employees and the benefits show that.

Cons – There's a lot of dead weight. Turnover is very low because it's a great place to work. Management, seemingly, gets attached to employees that have either outlasted their value or were never valuable to begin with. This demotivates "high-performers" and makes it difficult to hire and retain quality employees.

Advice to Senior Management – Netflix, steal their ideas. Fire people that don't perform 20% above the mean.

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

Current Employee – been working at Motley Fool

Pros – A fun atmosphere, with lots of smart, fun colleagues. Intellectually stimulating, with guest speakers, more. Generous benefits.

Cons – I can't think of any.

Current Employee – been working at Motley Fool full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – The Motley Fool is by far the best place to work in DC. For Software developers, we get the best equipment, all the books we could want, unlimited vacation time, food fridges, subsized vending machines, a game room, pizza day, cake day, monthly office events (like going to see the Nationals, or the Capitals, or going Paint-balling), and much, much, more.

Cons – Not a lot of upward mobility for Developers. You're a developer, and you're going to be a developer for a very long time. Since people tend to stay at the Motley Fool (it has *very* low turnover), there aren't a lot of chances to move up. Since TMF hires new developers infrequently, it takes a while to have management positions open. It's also worth noting that since it's a investment advice company, developers are 'tools' to implement such things, and generally do not make it to the upper echelons of the Company, and they are generally not chosen for business trips, or helping to start a new Fool location in another country, or other things that the rest of the business would be able to put their name in for.

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

Current Employee – been working at Motley Fool full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Fools create their own roles focusing on areas where they can combine passion and skills. Leadership cares deeply about the people and teams. There is a strong purpose.

Cons – The pace here is very fast. People from the outside assume: Fun = Easy Going Pace. In reality, part of the fun is actually working hard at what you love.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep it up!

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

Current Employee – been working at Motley Fool full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – You get to work with brilliant people in a collegial and collaborative atmosphere. There's a culture of innovation and hard work (which is nicely counterbalanced by a culture of fun). You'll have great work/life balance. Senior management/HR concerns themselves with recruiting the best and making sure their careers develop here, instead of enforcing inane blanket policies that make no sense. While most of your moves will be lateral here, there's room to move into roles that suit your talents and passions.

Cons – We as a company tend to focus on the new and shiny, sometimes at the expense of maintaining older projects/products. I think it's something we're continually working on as a group.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep up the increasing communication with employees because they really like it!

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

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

Pros – Great Culture, people, free food fridge, etc.

Cons – Nothing at all, great employer

Advice to Senior Management – Keep it up!

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

Current Employee – been working at Motley Fool full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Because of the Fools commitment to transparency and focus on developing it's employees I whole heartily believe that I have learned more here than I could ever have hoped to have absorbed from any MBA program.

Cons – The Fool doesn't suffer fools. This isn't a job you "phone in". If you are not used to bringing your A game to work then this isn't the place for you.

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

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

Pros – I love the responsibility and the autonomy. Creative solutions are encouraged and ambitious failures are used as building blocks. It's a supportive office environment, very collegial and friendly, and there's a great esprit de corps. Our top Fools know everyone's name and set a terrific example. Hard work pays off here and high achievers can flourish.

Cons – The pace of growth is hectic and the hours can quickly add up. Reorgs are common (but at least they're done in the spirit of getting the most out of our in-house talent). If you don't love what you do, or you're not interested in business, you may struggle here.

Advice to Senior Management – It's a great place to work, but keep checking to make sure people are keeping their heads above water.

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

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

Pros – The People, we call them Fools. Everyone here works together to accomplish The Fool's mission and have some fun while were at it. Plus we have a great office in a great location, did I mention the game room.

Cons – That I have to go home at the end of the day.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep it up, the war to balance foolishness & work is an ongoing battle.

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