Stressful work enivornment, lots of turmoil & turnover - Anonymous employee Curalate Employee Review

2.0
Mar 8, 2018
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Curalate is a company filled with smart, dedicated people. Despite all of the company's struggles, there are a lot of bright, creative, and hardworking people. Depending on your role in the company, you get to be around a lot of smart mentors, great middle-level managers, and interesting and innovative technology.

Cons

Unfortunately, the great people at Curalate don't make up for the excess turnover, constant restructuring, and complete lack of vision. We've built some amazing products in a short amount of time and then simply lose our direction. It's hard to tell what space we're trying to carve out for ourselves, or if we have the best leaders who can take us in the right direction. We're certainly not the first company to tout transparency as a value with little follow-through, but the current structure of the organization is so stressful and uncomfortable it's almost of a guessing game of who won't be there next week. Overall it makes for a terse, convoluted atmosphere and a lot of tense within the organization, which doesn't even account for the internal tension between teams.

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5.0
Dec 29, 2020
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Pros

Excellent startup culture, felt like a family most days. Modern tech stack and an interesting product, what more can you want.

Cons

Product vision can be slow and fickle

4.0
Feb 6, 2015
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Curalate is an inspiring place to work. Extremely driven and intelligent employees, almost total transparency and exciting work are just a few of the reasons why I love Curalate. The product is amazing, and the depth of technical talent is insane. The Opportunity to work in multiple different disciplines is enormous, and that experience is an invaluable addition to anyone's resume.

Cons

As a later stage startup, we are going through some growing pains typical to a company growing so quickly. The company culture is pretty much all about drinking. Drinking is fine and its a great part of any culture, but (as someone else noted) it shouldn't define us. Very low compensation for the amount of hours worked. It's not a nine to fiver, which is fine, but for the amount of hours you're expected to work it definitely can absorb your whole life. It's hard not to be a little irritated when you're being paid almost 20k less than comparable positions elsewhere. Add to that a very limited amount of added benefits and a difficult work life balance and you'll struggle to keep the excitement/passion going.

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