Smart, Diverse Team, Meaningful Mission - Director Upwork Employee Review

5.0
Feb 5, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Working with a bright, internationally diverse team (both corporate employees (1/3 of total headcount) and freelancers (2/3)) who are driven by a clear and inspiring company mission to change the way the world works and create professional opportunity for millions.

Cons

Eating our own dogfood (working with a partially distributed team) can be challenging. Lots of technical debt from legacy platforms, Elance and oDesk, that will take years to resolve.

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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