At one time, a promising Midwest startup, now a failing company with no direction - Anonymous employee Aware Employee Review

1.0
Aug 5, 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Worked with true professionals, where everyone was generally willing to help achieve a common goal. Very few of these professionals are left after 60% reduction in headcount in August 2023. GTM teams including Marketing, Sales, and Channel/Partnerships are virtually non existent.

Cons

Continuous gaslighting of having minimal competitors and the best software capabilities, but lose in bake offs against competitors. Have hired over 6 GTM leaders in a span of 3 years only to part ways in less than 6 months, while legacy executive team stays mainly untouched. Company needs a massive reconstruction otherwise there is minimal opportunities of growing the business, and will be sold for parts.

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5.0
Nov 8, 2024
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Pros

CEO, CRO, and the Product Leaders are the best in the business. Culture is amazing.

Cons

No downside. Just acquired by Mimecast! So very happy about the future

2.0
Sep 26, 2023
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Pros

- Great benefits (Paid healthcare + deductible) - Cool new hire gifts (Away suitcase, etc.) - Unlimited PTO - Great coworkers - Cool office/free lunch (If you're not remote/visiting)

Cons

This company seemed great because of all the perks but things started to go downhill fast. Things seemed to be going well, there was this cool new office they were building and all these perks but then they had a major layoff at the beginning of the year in 2023. Thought things would look up considering we beat Q1 sales goals but seems like the luck ran out after that. They put all this money into a new office, free lunch every day, travel for the remote staff, you have no idea that the company is struggling. There is no direction this company. People ignore a lot of problems and think they'll be able to fix it by buying some random software that people just end up forgetting they bought. Lots of meetings with people who like to talk about ideas/concepts but no execution or plan. The nail hit the coffin in august when they laid off 60% of the staff. Executive team remains untouched by layoffs.

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