Great team, company is growing quickly - Head of Product and Design Dispel Employee Review

5.0
Apr 20, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- The people are what makes this company. Collaborative, skilled, and everyone come together to solve issues. - The company is functional, there is no bureaucratic BS, and it's relatively flat in its structure. - Management listens and tries to make the company a very open place. - Good work/life balance. You can set your own schedule that works for you as long as you get your work done and show up for the meetings you're required for. - There's lots of opportunity for quiet time to focus on a problem. Most work tend to be async and meetings are only really booked when it's truly needed. - You're not boxed into your expected role at all times. There's opportunity for variety if you want it. If you want to stand on a conference floor talking to people you can, or if you want to join a sales call to understand the customer better, you can. - The trajectory for the company is very promising. Large contracts landing left and right. Remote access to industrial control systems is an underdeveloped market and there's a lot of opportunity for growth within this sector. - You get to work on problems that are important. For example, protecting drinking water or electrical grids from cybersecurity attacks. It's very rewarding.

Cons

- Lack of get-togethers and social events during the pandemic. But it's starting up again with team retreats getting scheduled for later in 2022. - With large contracts landing left and right, there is sometimes difficult to get an idea of prioritization as things move very quickly.

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5.0
Sep 17, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

1. People care about one another and take time out of their day to help you 2. You will learn a LOT working here 3. Adding on to item 2, your professional skills will grow rapidly

Cons

1. Sometimes, hours get long on a stressful week 2. Fast-paced, which isn't for everyone 3. You will be put in a lot of high-stress situations that involve quick thinking and confident action to resolve

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1.0
May 7, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

They tried to build a good culture, but ultimately couldn't.

Cons

I really need to point out that C-level not only "encouraged" employees to leave good reviews but also, when you leave the company, threatened legal action if you say anything bad about them, and left it open-ended about what that means. I read through all the reviews, and all the negative ones are pretty spot on. The management team now prefers to use up good employees rather than maintain a good work-life balance. The C-suite often has naive ideas that they sometimes implement to disastrous effect. The product is unnecessarily overbuilt, making it slow and insecure. Only the C-Suite members ever really knew the financial posture. Almost all people there don't know the product, only a piece of it. I mean, I could go on, but my advice is to trust the negative reviews more, since they were posted despite the threat of legal action, and the positive ones were encouraged by upper management to be posted.

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