Celtra Reviews

Pros

Great company, heavy focus on collaboration and innovation, senior leaders that care deeply about their employees' wellbeing and professional growth, generous benefits, a team that is always open to new ideas, and a business with a very prosperous outlook in the market

Cons

Not a negative, just a piece of advice... The team is widespread across multiple locations so all employees should make a conscious effort to connect with and understand what is happening within other teams or locations to help the culture remain consistent throughout and ensure best practices are being discussed and communicated across the entire organization.

Pros

Any employee at Celtra will tell you that they stick around for the people. Employees band together over poor compensation, being overworked, and being fearful of when the next round of layoffs are coming. Outside of the Celtra community, people stick around for the benefits package which is admittedly great to somewhat justify the below market salaries.

Cons

As stated previously, Celtra salaries are not competitive, and due to business volatility bonus compensation is highly variable, if paid out at all. Celtra conducted multiple rounds of layoffs during 2022, and left many former employees unemployed at the holidays with sub-par severance packages. Poor compensation is standard, despite excessive company spending on an All Hands in Europe, various other Eurotrips, and cultural events such as Christmas parties less than two weeks after layoffs. Much of management at the mid-senior level is inexperienced and incapable of mentoring hardworking employees, and there is a total lack of a bottom up feedback loop. Executive Leadership also remains detached from the day to day, and is more focused on long term high level initiatives than solving customer problems and identifying product market fit, which has lead to large amounts of churn in 2022.

Pros

Good benefits Larger team is willing to help but can only do so much - given a lot of recent internal upheaval the company is going through Have a decent foundation when it comes to their scaling software. However, the UI is way too cumbersome and a hassle for a lot of their user base. Celtra is having to completely overhaul the look and feel as a result and the rollout will bring a whole slew of problems (as the new interface will be rolled out in stages).

Cons

Had two rounds of layoffs across the fall and left employees fending for themselves. Not that every company within tech can provide extensive severance packages, but the way Celtra went about it was appalling. Ask the right questions when interviewing, specifically as it pertains to the long-term health of the company. What does their runway look like now that they've undergone two rounds of layoffs that were only spaced out across two months. How will the updated UI rollout affect onboarding and what do their customer retention goals look like for 2023 (a major issue that the company was dealing with across 2022).

Pros

Most of the non-management employees are hard working and collaborative. "We're in the trenches together" mentality. International employees offer great perspective.

Cons

After 2 rounds of layoffs in 2022 which saw massive increase in workloads for those remaining and many talented people without income, the CEO told the company that on his beginning of year email that the and his wife (who is also an executive at Celtra) that they had spent the break in Bali on a yoga retreat. This is an example of the out-of-touch managerial behavior from leadership at every level. Do not expect to be treated as an individual. Career growth is unobtainable at this company due to consistent revenue underperformance. Revenue is low not due to macroeconomic reasons, but due to overly ambitious and naive goals set in collaboration with STG (private equity holding partner), and due to an overpriced product that is on the verge of total redundancy as competitors are more agile to achieve product market fit. Resignations at leadership in every department, including Product, have left a vacuum that won't be plugged for some time, with no clear vision or solution in sight. 2023 will need to be a year for significant pivoting, or STG will continue to eliminate roles and eventually the only remaining talent will be overworked and underenthused.

Pros

There are tons of people I love working with around the globe. There are some gems in this company that will really stick their neck out for you. There's also a lot of change going on which means there's tons of opportunity for new people.

Cons

Management is poor and lacks leadership across the board. There's a lot of politics when it comes to speaking up. Depending on who you are and who you work for, you will be either treated nicely or poorly. It's disappointing that women who speak up are seen as emotional when they are just speaking their minds. Management is hesitant to advocate for their employees and you have to fight in order to get what you deserve.

Pros

Great benefits and decent pay. Work/life balance is achievable

Cons

Too many politics Managers don't communicate or collaborate well. Rushed products due to lack of vision.

Pros

- great culture and work from home balance

Cons

- could be more organized

Pros

Great benefits; wfh stipend for set up, internet/phone reimbursement. Flexible to work from anywhere.

Cons

Disorganized, still a start up mentality and ad hoc. Lots of playing the game; say one wrong thing to the wrong person and that’s it. Felt like high school in that the people that have been there forever are the cool kids and they don’t want to hear what the newbies have to say. Very stuck in the way things have been working and resistant to change and improvement!

Pros

Celtra is a great place to work, leadership truly cares about their employees and it shows through our benefits package.

Cons

There's a lot of work to do, hours can be long and decisions are made rapidly.

Pros

solid product with little bugs

Cons

high cost, most expensive in the industry