People-Washing, Out of Control Piracy Killing Sales, Acquistion Not IPO - Anonymous employee Neo4j Employee Review

3.0
Jun 25, 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Really smart people, good pay and benefits. Great product which would bring in a lot more revenue if the company did anything to stop piracy. Not a bad place to work, but definitely not the "rocket ship" the recruiters want you to believe it is.

Cons

There's this thing called people-washing happening right now, and it's basically a big campaign to silence any negative voices. They're going all out to drown out the haters by getting featured on Newsweek's Top 100 Places list and even considering legal action to remove critical Glassdoor reviews. They're desperate to stay relevant in the booming AI/LLM industry, but they're at a high risk of being surpassed by vector database startups. Nothing being done to stop software piracy (impossible to compete with if you are in sales). Rumor has it that many coworkers believe the company's new goal is to be acquired, rather than going public through an IPO.

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Cons

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5.0
Feb 19, 2026
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Pros

exciting technology that’s used by organizations all over the world, from large global companies to startups engineering and product teams are top class, and there’s a strong sense of technical excellence across the company the people are fantastic. highly capable in their roles and just genuinely good humans to work with real opportunities to travel and connect with teams, as well as to grow and expand your career recent leadership changes in the go to market and people teams have had a positive impact and seem to be strengthening alignment and execution

Cons

tighter customer budgets and longer buying cycles creating challenges

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