AVOID - Unless you have no choice - Anonymous employee Genestack Employee Review

1.0
Apr 27, 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Several members of management are great (Product, Engineering, Sales) Product apparently can do great things for world Remote working Staff in different places good for learning different culture

Cons

Agree with another review - "CEO has no business education or experience, no commercial leadership" It is obvious in way company is run. Everything depend on CEO and COO's mood that day. COO (CEO's Wife) is a bully - it is her way or nothing Leadership lie to staff to keep them happy Agree with other review - "After [11] years the company is still not profitable and completely depends on private investment to survive" Direction and plan changes every 3 months and people made redundant at start of every year

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Genestack Response
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Dear Former Employee, We appreciate your feedback, although it’s disappointing to read you’ve formed a negative view of Genestack. It’s clear from some of the points you make that there has been a misunderstanding of the situation. For example, redundancies are not made at the start of each year. Genestack has been operating a viable, commercial operation for several years. Were you a current employee, I'd encourage you (and anyone at Genestack) to speak with us and explain your views, informally with your manager, or via our formal grievance process. This would allow us an opportunity to investigate, reply and/or address the specific issues you have and, should any issues be found, find solutions that work for both you and the company. As founder and CEO, I remain committed to making Genestack a great business. As part of this process, it’s important to ensure staff are encouraged to raise matters so we can investigate and address these promptly and appropriately, so that everyone has the best possible experience working with us. Sincerely, Misha

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1.0
Mar 12, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Some colleagues are wonderful people. They were the ones holding everything together.​​​​​

Cons

At first, the experience was excellent — there was a wonderful team, and despite all the difficulties, there was a sense of support and unity. After major changes, everything started falling apart. Management was weak, decisions were strange, and people didn’t feel safe or secure. Laying off many great people caused an outpouring of outrage. The way the layoffs were handled was complete trash. The CEO’s wife is incompetent but makes many important decisions.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

1.0
Jan 29, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Some of the colleagues are nice. Remote working available.

Cons

Pay is much lower than industry standard No career progression opportunities or training Very few customers so business reliant on renewals. Cancellation of one or two may put in jeopardy (again). Genuine lack of care in staff wellbeing. Solution to most problems seems to be redundancy. Lack of willingness to try new approaches - or even industry standard ones! Read the reviews (many positive ones are “encouraged” to try and boost star ratings - It’s the COO’s way or nothing. Constant shifts in direction according to customer whims or latest trendy buzzword rather than focus on actual strengths. Very Russian centric culture - if you’re not Russian or don’t speak Russian don’t expect to feel anything other than secondary citizen.

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