Read between the lines - Anonymous employee Tempus AI Employee Review

1.0
Dec 15, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Free snacks and food are a huge plus. I never have to worry about food. Free Uber’s after 8pm is also a nice perk but I rarely stayed that late. They give you 13inch MacBook Airs to work on.

Cons

Some of these reviews seem made up and not geniune. There is a huge Operations Team short-coming. They believe they know everything and refuse to have input. It seems like they suppress creativity and expect you to do exactly what they say. If you don’t, they’ll force you out. They’ll analyze every minute of your work to try to maximize output. We’re not robots. There is no effective communication between groups and the day to day work is hectic, unorganized and no plan. There are definitely hard rules: no working from home (their reasoning for this is flawed), if you don’t get in by 9 or leave before 5 (even if you don’t have much to do) it’s frowned upon and you’ll feel like you’re being watched. They expect you to work more than 40 hours without overtime. There’s no open culture, frowned upon to talk to management - they’re bossy and act like they know everything.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

As mentioned work is great since it is cancer research and my coworkers are amazing. Immediate leadership managers and Sr. managers are good as well but somewhat unorganised. Work life balance is good also and health insurance as long as you get BCBS PPO with copay otherwise you're screwed paying off deductible.

Cons

Pay is below industry average, and there is essentially no room to negotiate a better raise. Employees are actively discouraged from discussing compensation, and whatever leadership decides is final, there are no exceptions. If you try to escalate concerns or request a conversation with senior leadership, such as a senior director or VP, you’ll quickly find yourself getting the runaround. Leadership prefers to hide behind layers of management rather than engage directly. There is also no clear or transparent path for career advancement. Opportunities technically exist, but they are extremely limited. You can do everything right, receive a top rating of 5 on your annual performance review, and still not be promoted to manager or see any meaningful improvement in compensation. To make matters worse, the billionaire CEO and founder has said things like, “Don’t worry about pay because we’re curing cancer.” Statements like that feel incredibly out of touch when employees are earning $50k–$60k a year and receiving annual raises of only about $2,000. On top of that, equity is almost impossible to obtain. You have to fight for even the possibility of it, because stock or equity compensation is reserved almost exclusively for the C-suite and directors, with virtually nothing available for employees below that level.

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