Employee Review
- 4.0Jan 26, 2015
Great company for technologists and new grads
Anonymous EmployeeCurrent Employee, more than 1 yearPros
Good work-life balance Good benefits Flexible schedule Kind, funny employees Some professional/personal development opportunities Good opportunity for growth CEO is very thoughtful and smart, even though he's quiet he makes an effort to get to know employees Company is definitely growing Lots of new content/features in development I personally feel that my accomplishments have been recognized and rewarded. I know others haven't necessarily felt the same in previous reviews, but perhaps that's improving? Or maybe just my own experience.
Cons
Not a lot of training available for people who need a lot of structure and manager involvement.
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Other Employee Reviews
- 5.0Sep 7, 2023Senior Software EngineerCurrent Employee, more than 3 yearsSan Mateo, CA
Pros
Good mission and great working environment
Cons
Legacy code and difficult to move projects along at time
- 1.0Jun 11, 2023Anonymous EmployeeFormer Employee, more than 1 year
Pros
-A paycheck -company has been around long enough to be known/ recognized - core business is doing well
Cons
-top down, uber corporate environment -unnatural dysfunctional communications within and across functions (no responses to questions, messages, emails etc unless it’s from a special CEO/COO direct line of interest; engineering doesn’t talk to product or marketing etc) -NO real strategy (they’re just coasting off the core business) -zero faith that their current leadership team is actually good at leading teams, people, and managing for growth (to quote someone else: senior leaders at IXL would not be hired ANYWHERE else for their roles and are utterly incompetent at core parts of what their JDs are; that’s also likely why they’ve all been at IXL for so long, no one else would hire them…) -don’t value expertise (CEO/COO dictate all, handful of leaders have been there for a while being their minions, and almost ALL ICs are extremely junior and inexperienced, perfect cogs in a wheel) -don’t value diversity -toxic culture where any disagreement results in layoff (any employees who ask questions or point out possible concerns get fired and then scapegoated for all problems) -not innovative (tech and product looks like its leadership team: dinosaurs from the oracle era) -pay is under market (pretend there is no equity when really it’s that they want to continue to bamboozle employees into believing it’s common to NOT disclose full details about compensation packages)
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