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Compound Photonics

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Don't buy into the Lies and Deception - Anonymous employee Compound Photonics Employee Review

1.0
Jan 12, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The best thing about this company was the day that I packed my stuff up and left. The experience there educated me on the warning signs of a bad company so I guess that is something?

Cons

This company has been in business for over 7 years and has yet to turn out any product whatsoever. They sucked investors into this company by selling them on the strength of their patents only to have their tails handed to them in court by an Asian electronics manufacturer. So many shady practices involved here it is stunning. From having goods shipped to another state to avoid paying state sales taxes to handing out worthless options in lieu of actual raises. How about suckering in a foreign government the to help offset the costs of the facility in that country? They play off of employees not knowing any better by handing out options as a number of shares as opposed to percentage. Guess what? Your shares are constantly getting diluted! When will they ever stop moving the goal line and actually turn out a PRODUCT? First it was that we would be the first full HD Laser Pico, then it was the brightest after we were beat to the punch, then it was smallest. Pick a goal and stick with it! But you know that will never happen. I honestly believe that the goal is to package this company up nice and pretty and make it look viable and sell it off to anyone that offers enough to cover all the VC money that has been dumped into it.

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Compound Photonics Response
10y
Thank you for taking the time to review Compound Photonics. While we certainly don’t agree with your bold allegations, we understand that many factors are involved in making a professional relationship work for everyone. When a company is developing a new product platform, it normally takes years for it to launch into the market. This is a common for any manufacturer. We are trying to change the industry with ground-breaking technology that is stretching the frontiers of the current realities and it takes a little longer. Obviously, the combination of factors that defined your experience here at CP isn’t the same for everyone. We’re glad you learned from your experience here and hope it guides you well in your future career decisions. If you’d like to anonymously send us additional feedback, please follow this link: http://goo.gl/forms/UXvyJ1ZTlq

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I have been working for Compound Photonics for a little over 2 years. I feel the negative reviews on this site do not accurately reflect the culture or atmosphere that exists here. This is a great Company, and while it has it's short comings, I don't know of a single company that doesn't have any short comings. The Management team, especially my reporting manager have been extremely supportive and I feel they care about me as an individual, they understand the work life balance and are flexible which has really helped me and my family with recent life events. The Company I feel is committed to providing the tools necessary to the success of the company. I see this everyday as we are constantly helping different teams get the resources they need to accomplish tasks at hand across all our locations. If you come to work for us, be sure to come down and say hello to IT we enjoy getting to know the new faces at Compound Photonics and knowing what we can do to help.

Cons

This is a startup atmosphere, plans change and often very quickly. Sometime change comes before the communication, but if you like a fast pace and ever changing environment, then that wont be much of a con. It can be exciting and challenging.

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Compound Photonics Response
10y
Thanks so much for the strong review and we’re glad to hear that you’ve had such a positive experience with Compound Photonics thus far. Regarding your Advice to Management, we recently announced a monthly newsletter – Illuminations – from our executive team that will no doubt enhance top-down communication. Expect to receive the first edition of Illuminations in early April. If you care to anonymously share any additional feedback with us, please follow this link: http://goo.gl/forms/UXvyJ1ZTlq
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