No one really trying - Operations goTransverse Employee Review

2.0
Jan 4, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Intimate, small business where you have plenty of access to decision makers. Rock n roll frat house vibes, CEO has a huge vintage rock concert poster collection around - really pretty cool if you're into that. Don't try to drink any of these guys under the table LOL. A few women on staff in junior roles who know their place. Work/life balance is great if you get on CEO's good side. Moved to a new, smaller office last year, so that was nice.

Cons

15 year old SaaS company with a couple dozen small enterprise customers and about half that in annual revenue. Very lean, all development outsourced to a Ukrainian shop. Tiny sales team and no one doing marketing. Owned and kept on life support by a German family built on a coffee monopoly so no real accountability and no adult in the room to check exec egos. Not growing, has lost great customers in the distant past like Snowflake. Thin veneer of credibility bought from joke analyst firms and exec's longtime roots in telecom. Still hasn't managed to finish updating the *UI* after 6-7 years of trying, customers have to toggle between two platforms to do basic things. No attempt at upgrading broken reporting module (some open source thing literally called Pendeho hahahahaha this is actually true). Give em a pass, wish I had.

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5.0
Oct 3, 2024
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Work-life balance, amazing colleagues, lots of autonomy and opportunity to learn and grow. Hybrid work model with flexibility and parking included! Competitive benefits including a generous employer funded HRA.

Cons

Growing pains as with any small organization.

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1.0
Mar 24, 2024
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Seems like a great place to work if you’re a white man whose favorite work pastimes include talking about sports and old school music, blindly perpetuating casual misogyny, failing upward into positions you’re unqualified for, and yelling over other white men to get your most basic work needs met. It’s really not so great for anyone else though.

Cons

-Seniority and decision making power does not seem to be based on a meritocracy, but rather on who is in-grouped. -Nepotism is rampant. Many employees are the friends/family of existing employees and are not qualified for the role they are in. There are several people with director level+ titles in things they have literally never done before. -“Old boys club” vibes. Practically no diversity or steps in place to change this. Feels like a relict of 80's corporate culture. -"Hustle porn” culture where people are rewarded and congratulated for massively overworking vs. leadership working to adequately staff and provide people with a decent work/life balance. -Everything is backlogged through a couple of private investors - every little thing that needs funds requires an elevator pitch to someone who doesn’t seem to know what they’re talking about. As a result, decisions seem arbitrary and plans could change at any time. -It seems many people have quiet quit - lots of (understandable) apathy, so it’s hard to get anything done. New people, expect most of your meetings to be half therapy sessions, because employees need to vent about the ridiculous state of things.

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