Instart Reviews

Pros

From the very beginning, I've felt welcomed among my peers at Instart. There's definitely a culture of inclusion and really easy going people who are pleasant to work with. It's rare to find a place where work/life balance is valued and actually enforced.

Pros

Experienced, stable and mature executive management team
Great visibility and accuracy to the business (results and outlook) by CFO and VP of Sales.....these guys are telling it the way it is....
Great benefits with matching 401K
Free lunches
Happy hour on Thursdays helps with morale
Not jerks and large egos anymore here

Advice to Management

Fix the product stability issues then focus on innovation

Pros

I'm pretty new to Instart. I like the people I get to work with every day. There's plenty to do! You won't get bored. All the creature comforts you could ask for. It's just a nice, busy place to be.

Advice to Management

Doesn't look like our CEO and CFO need advice from me!

Pros

Nice people thru company. Not too many jerks
Great company benefits including matching 401k
Free food, drinks and snacks
Kind of cool technology
Great investors with lots of money raised
New CEO has nice energy but seems to rely on alot of people who got us to this situation

Pros

Instart has made significant strides recently in every meaningful metric, from revenue generation to employee engagement. This is largely attributable to a shift in strategy and a lot of hard work being done by all teams. The recent additions of new leadership appears to also have been a catalyst for reinvigorating enthusiasm and engagement.

In my experience, I would describe the company culture as, "Intelligent". They tend to look for the smartest people they can in every role. That may sound cliche, but it is very deliberate here. I think they have a very low threshold of tolerance for... "not smart".

The problems they are solving for, from a technical standpoint, are both unique and challenging. And the opportunities for strong performers are impossible to duplicate in a large, enterprise company.

Overall, I think the future is bright for the company if the recent momentum can be sustained and improved upon.

Advice to Management

Keep driving in the new direction. Continue to play to win. Moving the flywheel can feel slow at first, but the momentum will compound.

I think two years from now, a lot of people will be wishing they had joined at this point in the company's growth.

Pros

Instart has some really great technology and IP, good people and a no jerks policy make for a nice working environment. Big name customers that love the service. Recent outside CEO coming in to help with growth has been really positive.

Advice to Management

Think about more focus as we have a lot going on

Pros

We are making the Internet better for hundreds of millions of people
Great technology, scalable platform, challenging problems to solve
We work with amazing customers - you've heard of most of them
Good smart leadership, open communication. Nice smart people in the office.
Free lunch three days a week, amazing snacks and drinks in kitchen

Advice to Management

Keep up the good work - this company is going to change the world. And hire faster - I heard there are 30 open jobs!

Pros

As a woman working at Instart, I feel compelled to to share my experience after reading a review about a "sexist" culture at Instart. It's true that there are more men than women working here and there are more men in leadership positions. I've personally interacted or worked closely with most everyone in the company and have never felt that I was treated differently because I'm a woman. I joined shortly after having my first baby and never felt that I was treated unfairly. I received so much empathy from other Moms and Dads about the work/life balance struggle and instantly felt accepted here. Everyone is trying to get their jobs done and help grow this company. People are respectful and focused on the work and all the opportunities and challenges being in a pre-IPO company represents. Then they want to get home and spend time with their own families. I've never been in a more respectful or accepting work culture. I've never heard any of my female colleagues complain about being mistreated by anyone at Instart. I wouldn't work here if I believed women (or anyone for that matter) were being disrespected or mistreated.

Pros

Great people, leading edge tech and a revitalized executive team are driving Instart in a positive direction.
Instart's updated portfolio and messaging directly addresses modern day challenges in the digital-online world. Exciting to be a part of this upswing

Advice to Management

Keep on rockin', our future state strategy is spot on

Pros

smh at some of these reviews. Instart is NOT a sexist place. Give me a break! we are lacking in women in general as far as I can see and I think that's the real problem.

Advice to Management

Don't hold onto negative people no matter how critical you think they are. You're not seeing the negative impact on the rest of us. If someone has lost the energy and patience for a startup then make a back up plan and let them leave graciously. Don't force us all into a hostage situation.