A sinking ship helmed by misguided frat boys - Anonymous employee Curalate Employee Review

1.0
Jun 14, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Reasonably good product. Most of the people who work here are great (while they're still there.)

Cons

The employee retention rate is abysmal. Expect to become the most senior member of your team about a year in. All the fun little startup perks fade fast once they started hemorrhaging money. They have no idea what their customers want, and most of the design decisions are made in the form of angry yelling from the CEO. The entire direction of the product will change about every 6 months, while everyone reminds you "it's not a pivot." Expect to be lied to, repeatedly, during your time here. Also the culture is awful. Lots of stupid ceremonial stuff, heavy drinking culture, and feeble attempts at disguising a lack of documentation, training, and direction as "an opportunity to make your own path." You'll be forced to sit through a biweekly meeting, supposedly under the pretense of transparency, but managing to say nothing about the state of the company. Ask anyone who worked there during the layoffs if they saw them coming, and they'll all answer no. Don't you think if they were being as transparent as they claim, that would have become obvious through these meetings? Avoid this place like the plague.

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5.0
Dec 29, 2020
Recommend
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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
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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