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Ionic Security

Acquired by Twilio

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Lies, Broken Promises, and lack of direction - Software Developer Ionic Security Employee Review

1.0
Mar 19, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

* Fantastic workmates, some really great minds here. (I should've seen the trend when they started pushing out and ignoring some of those minds though, as well as some of those minds leaving voluntarily. ) * Great idea / overall goal * Good benefits (medical / dental / vision)

Cons

Company culture has gone dramatically downhill in the last couple of years, it used to be 'work hard play hard', now its either 'work hard, dont play' or 'work nothing, we dont care because yours isnt a highly scrutinized / visible job'. They've pushed out some of the best minds at the company -- alternative approaches and generally any sort of dissent (healthy, not subversive) is ruthlessly cut out and vilified. Leadership consistently misrepresents what's going on and how well the company is doing Leadership promises outlandish and crazy things Leadership constantly lies about promises made and says they weren't made The focus / path of company product also changes very frequently, making pretty much everyone except the people 'in the know' ineffective -- you're stuck building or developing something that may be outdated Reward / Bonus structure is wholly inconsistent across the company. Distinct lack of communication from the top in regards to the focus / goals of the company at any given time. Huge loss of money overall to multiple failed half-implemented strategies. Instead of building something and marketing it, leadership has largely half-built things and then stops building on those depending on where the next check comes from. Product Management flails because Leadership gives them almost zero clear direction. There's almost zero though given to altering / addressing core issues rather then addressing pretty much everything as surface-level personality conflicts.

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5.0
Mar 26, 2021
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Pros

I get to work on interesting things

Cons

I have very few complaints

5.0
Jul 7, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Interesting work that may just be the next big game changer Brilliant coworkers who don't take themselves too seriously No micromanagement here - quite the opposite, you're expected to bring drive and ideas to the table Very friendly environment (work hard, play hard mentality although not that extreme... for a startup the work-life balance is amazing) Truly flexible schedule CEO, CTO/founder, and other leaders that are worthy of respect and (at least so far) have shown themselves to have integrity and good moral compass Unlimited vacation New hire onboarding process was a total breeze, very well organized The building, parking, and location in Midtown are perfect, perfect, and perfect.

Cons

No 401K matching (yet) The offer package could've been higher... they essentially didn't negotiate at all. Having said that, I took the offer because I believed in the product and thought I would fit in well with the people AND because it was a fair offer all things considering.

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