The best place to work with! - Anonymous employee Crossover for Work Employee Review

5.0
Sep 6, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The working schedule is flexible; no politics; nothing of all that bs! People argue not on the basis of some politicking but purely on the basis of how a project is to be implemented in the best manner. Pay is competitive. The system draws out the best in an employee. Recognitions, which to me is very important, are always given when due. The setup continues to fascinate me because they do outsource NOT to find cheap talent BUT to find the best talent in any field, and in any location! To me this is very phenomenal because it breaks the traditional barriers that normally come with the color of one's passport, his visa status and his race! It has democratized the distribution of incomes and opportunities across the globe. Promotions are based purely on merits. They implement a contractorship model of employer-employee relations but to me, it's a misnomer because working with (I say with, not for) is as good as a permanent employment. These days there is no longer such thing as an employment that is 'permanent' especially since the new order poses a situation whereby people from all over the world coming from different sets of laws their countries are implementing, work and collaborate with one another on most exciting projects with top-notch customers!

Cons

I can't think of any. Probably the ones that are not fit for the Crossover model will have quite a few but only because they probably lack the pedigree demanded by the fast-changing global, competitive, and some say modern environment!

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Hey, thanks for the stellar review!
2.0
Jul 30, 2018
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Pros

Crossover does require work from home. For many, this is a good thing and, for me, helped productivity. The salary is good, but depending upon your country's tax situation it might not be as good as it seems on the surface.

Cons

Where do I start? I tried to be objective with my 2-star rating; Crossover isn't unethical or stealing from their employees or anything like that. However, for a seasoned professional, be warned... I joined in one of the Very High Dollar executive-level positions being driven by their desire to acquire 50+ companies in the near term. I'm in the US. As such (and I knew this going in), the tax consequences for being a contractor are non-trivial. There's also the consideration that you must fund any perks yourself - healthcare, retirement, etc. While the salary is generous enough to do that, it's not as shiny as it seems on the surface. Your mileage may vary depending upon your home country. What I really disliked: Constant tracking/ justification of work stream. Seriously. As others have pointed out, it's difficult to actually *get* credit for a full work week without working extra. Especially in some of the higher-level, more 'creative' positions such as architect, product management, etc. there's minimal or no opportunity to review or think over things. For me, I work in bursts followed by small distractions in which I'm running the problems in the background of my thoughts. A variety of coworkers and management in my history have almost universally commented about the volume of good work I produce. Even my peers at Crossover had no problem with the quantity or quality of my production. However, their tracking software and systems simply don't credit anything other than linear, constant "work". This was bad for me, resulting in me working extra, reworking things as I attempting to change my processes, "faking" it, or simply working longer to attempt to make my hours. I also felt bad for some of the more junior or "factory" positions. It really is tracked by the minute, with lots of incentive to find "problems" with productivity. This is really a thinly-veiled method of wringing blood out of a turnip, by finding flaws or gaps and essentially docking pay. Yeah, the salaries are good but the amount of ancillary work that goes into making "real" hours is awful, and I felt like a chump contributing to it. I had to quit for my sanity.

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Crossover for Work Response
6y
We appreciate your review. Our wages are paid in USD, so it's not going to be as competitive in high tech markets like San Francisco or Boston in the United States where software development is ultra-competitive. However, wages for the same jobs are very competitive in other US cities and outside the US. Sometimes these wages can be 5-6x the local average. Our business model is unique and isn't for everyone. We aren't trying to be like everyone else. The future of work is being redefined. We pride ourselves in being a pioneer in this new paradigm. If you want to know more about this work model, you can read about it here: https://medium.com/@crossoverforwork/the-factory-model-enabling-massive-scale-across-business-functions-98b18ad574f8
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