"Great culture, incredible talent & product. Young CEO who's made mistakes, but he's making a big effort to improve."
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Current Employee - Software Engineer in San Francisco, CA
Current Employee - Software Engineer in San Francisco, CA
Recommends
Positive Outlook
I have been working at Clinkle full-time (More than a year)
Pros
-Everyone at Clinkle is a genius of high caliber -Really laid back work environment, happy hour Fridays. -But we're also really serious about our work, and take the technology to the next level -Best design team in the valley -Best of the best talent out of Stanford (several engineers were in top 2% of class) -Extremely beautiful and user-focused product, not just a utility app -Trying to solve a really huge problem, fundamental to every human -Not just looking to get acquired like most startups, trying to go big -Very well-funded, meaning we can hire amazing people -The CEO fully understands the mistakes he's made, and is making a huge effort recently to improve on these problems and hire really experienced executives to help him get better.
Cons
-CEO is young an inexperienced, but acts like he's already started two or three billion-$ companies -Design Team can be overbearing and overconfident in their requirements to engineering -Product hasn't launched yet (though this is mostly due to our external vendors, not internal) -Slightly below market compensation (but they'll definitely give you a raise if you earn it)
Advice to Management
Continue improving on the communication channels, continue hiring great top executives and bringing more experience to the management team.
Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in San Francisco, CA
Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in San Francisco, CA
Doesn't Recommend
Negative Outlook
I worked at Clinkle full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
- Awesome, fun, talented individuals, all across company - Delicious, free, catered lunches and dinners (dinners at 6:30pm) - Company happy hours on Fridays - Young, energetic, silly environment (at ground level)
Cons
- Dissatisfaction across the company at leadership - Slow disillusionment at actual product's promise - Very poor communication across company - Top talent leaving for other opportunities - Questionable business practices - Broken promises (equity, etc.) - Politics
Advice to Management
Have a bit more kindness, understanding, and compassion. Your company is only as good as your employees.
Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in San Francisco, CA
Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in San Francisco, CA
Doesn't Recommend
Negative Outlook
Disapproves of CEO
I worked at Clinkle full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
Nice office Happy hours on Friday and catered lunches Really talented young people who are inspiring and fun
Cons
Poor senior leadership Very low compensation to non-engineering roles 2 rounds of layoffs in 3 months? Not great for culture, job security, or company values.
Advice to Management
Learn to value your employees. Don't treat people like a number. Get a better handle on communicating between teams so that things can move forward with the organization.
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"Great culture, incredible talent & product. Young CEO who's made mistakes, but he's making a big effort to improve."
I have been working at Clinkle full-time (More than a year)
Pros
-Everyone at Clinkle is a genius of high caliber
-Really laid back work environment, happy hour Fridays.
-But we're also really serious about our work, and take the technology to the next level
-Best design team in the valley
-Best of the best talent out of Stanford (several engineers were in top 2% of class)
-Extremely beautiful and user-focused product, not just a utility app
-Trying to solve a really huge problem, fundamental to every human
-Not just looking to get acquired like most startups, trying to go big
-Very well-funded, meaning we can hire amazing people
-The CEO fully understands the mistakes he's made, and is making a huge effort recently to improve on these problems and hire really experienced executives to help him get better.
Cons
-CEO is young an inexperienced, but acts like he's already started two or three billion-$ companies
-Design Team can be overbearing and overconfident in their requirements to engineering
-Product hasn't launched yet (though this is mostly due to our external vendors, not internal)
-Slightly below market compensation (but they'll definitely give you a raise if you earn it)
Advice to Management
Continue improving on the communication channels, continue hiring great top executives and bringing more experience to the management team.
Clinkle Response
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"A self-aggrandizing and grossly over-hyped culture of fear"
I worked at Clinkle full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
- Awesome, fun, talented individuals, all across company
- Delicious, free, catered lunches and dinners (dinners at 6:30pm)
- Company happy hours on Fridays
- Young, energetic, silly environment (at ground level)
Cons
- Dissatisfaction across the company at leadership
- Slow disillusionment at actual product's promise
- Very poor communication across company
- Top talent leaving for other opportunities
- Questionable business practices
- Broken promises (equity, etc.)
- Politics
Advice to Management
Have a bit more kindness, understanding, and compassion. Your company is only as good as your employees.
Clinkle Response
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"Poor leadership, poor inter-departmental communication, and no appreciation of any company's biggest asset: its people."
I worked at Clinkle full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
Nice office
Happy hours on Friday and catered lunches
Really talented young people who are inspiring and fun
Cons
Poor senior leadership
Very low compensation to non-engineering roles
2 rounds of layoffs in 3 months? Not great for culture, job security, or company values.
Advice to Management
Learn to value your employees. Don't treat people like a number. Get a better handle on communicating between teams so that things can move forward with the organization.
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