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      Bolt Threads

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      Bolt Threads reviews

      3.6

      63% would recommend to a friend

      (29 total reviews)

      Dan Widmaier

      62% approve of CEO

      38% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.0

      Compensation and benefits

      3.8

      Culture & values

      3.6

      Work/Life balance

      3.2

      Senior management

      3.2

      Career opportunities

      3.0

      Diversity & inclusion

      Bolt Threads has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 29 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Bolt Threads employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

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      29 reviews
      2.0
      Mar 23, 2022

      Unfair distribution of work

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Recognition of high performance that becomes worthless because of the con

      Cons

      Ignore underperformance, expecting high performers to cover the underperformers' jobs which is frustrating

      3.0
      Mar 19, 2022

      The good, the bad and the ugly

      Researcher
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The company used to provide valuable leadership and communication training to ALL employees. At times, work can be exciting and mentally rewarding. Active encouragement of feedback culture was very common and frequently reminded by executives. Play your cards right and you can get promoted very quickly.

      Cons

      For such a small company, there is huge hierarchy. There are VPs and directors which have little to no apparent contribution, and would occasionally act as obstacles to progress. Folks would go out of their way to sabotage progress if they couldn't stamp their name as the main contributor. This gets worse when collaborating outside your immediate team. The feedback culture only goes one way, feedback given from top to bottom and not both ways, rendering it ineffectual.

      1.0
      May 31, 2021

      Predatory Employer

      Operations
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Some nice people lower down in the company and they used to throw some fun events.

      Cons

      Exploitative towards their employees, you will be underpayed and undervalued. Policies are enforced inconsistently and certain groups are treated far better than others. Management are poor communicators and poor planners. Expectations are always to work more hours than stated. Furloughed a large chunk of the company for two months and then laid them off, all during the pandemic.

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