Lever Reviews

Pros

I joined Lever in 2015 as their first-ever intern, and when I graduated this year, I returned to join the company full-time. In the two years since I interned Lever, Lever has progressed in many ways from growing from 40 to over 100 employees to building a variety of new features.

Why did I come back? Here are a few reasons (in no particular order):

- The people are kind and thoughtful. Beyond that, there’s something special about people here that I can’t quite put my finger around, but in short, they're awesome.

- Cross team collaboration and empathy is a big one. During my internship, I had the opportunity to work with and learn from Leveroos outside of the engineering team, which helped me better understand how Lever operates. Also, cross functional empathy (XFE) is especially evident on in the way we recognize each other, celebrating small (and large) wins, and share knowledge.

- There’s an incredible amount of transparency across teams and also between the executive team and the rest of the company.

- Lever’s willing to invest in people development. They’re not just looking for skills, they’re also looking for potential.

- HR is an interesting and often overlooked space, and I like what Lever's building.

Other Pros of Lever:
- Catered lunches and plenty of snacks
- Action-oriented company values
- People regularly raising the bar
- Strong GIF game (To get a sneak peek, check out the February 2016 Lever blogpost)
- Openness to feedback

Advice to Management

- Lever has unique qualities and traditions that may be difficult to preserve as the company grows. It may not be feasible to keep them exactly as-is, but we should find the nuggets of each and be sure to keep those with us as we scale.

- The fact that Lever was built by first-time founders and has achieved so much in the past few years truly illustrates how incredible our exec team is (not advice, but a general comment).

- Lever’s in a tricky (yet powerful) position where people are looking to us when it comes to recruiting and its future. We should “leverage” that and not only raise the bar when it comes to industry standards, but we should set the bar and be the bar that others can reference and strive towards.

Pros

We have a sweet new office! Lever definitely takes employee satisfaction/employee matters very seriously. They take care of us and want to make sure we are comfortable and feeling our best so we can do our best work. I also feel like Lever is the first company that has truly supported my growth and provided guidance to help me figure out where I want to take my career. I also am pushed out of my comfort zone and given the opportunities to work on things that are new to me and things that specifically excite me.

Advice to Management

Continue to invest in your leaders! Lever already does this and I hope they continue to. Giving managers training on how to best support their employees is one of the best ways to give back to your employee and in return amplify your workfoce

Pros

I've never been part of such an inclusive, welcoming environment. Ever since day 1, I've felt like I belonged at Lever. Through Ramp Camp (welcoming) sessions, training and overall attitude of current employees, I felt welcomed at Lever (and still do months and months later). All of the leadership here I've interacted with have made me feel welcome and deserving.

Pros

- Lever has a lot of potential

- Wonderful peers across the org

- Free lunch daily

- Growing company

- Lots of career growth on the Customer Success side. Sadly not so much on the sales/ sales dev side.

- Benefits and perks are just as good as a more established tech company :)

Advice to Management

Listen to the employees. Many feel uncomfortable around certain leaders in the company. There were red flags from the beginning.

Value your employees - Sales historically has been the step-child of Lever. Please stop burning these kids / young adults out.

Pros

- Amazingly talented, smart, and committed group of people
- Top notch product solving real pain
- Huge market opportunity
- Growth potential (both company and personal)
- Culture - Commitment to its employees, diversity, inclusion, and community

Advice to Management

- Keep doing what you're doing - the mission, transparency, 2 way communication - all of these contribute immensely to the great company and culture you've built. Stay focused on the end game.

Pros

The product is likeable. People who use it are supporters.

Advice to Management

People who come from outside the business have their job titles because they have earnt them. Trust they can do their job. Especially those who bring in revenue. They are your biggest asset. Discipline lazy staff.

Pros

unlimited PTO
Free lunch provided everyday
Great people

Pros

- Selling a best in class product.
- Enterprise sale cycle with heavy support from our BDR/ SDR function. Good lead flow.
- Depending on segment, it can be a quick turn around in the sales cycle.
- Fantastic co workers and culture. Zero micro management.

Pros

There are 5 core pillars that are important to me in my work. Lever is strong across all 5 of them:

1. Product - Customers LOVE the product. I mean, they ravenously love the product like I have never before seen in B2B SaaS.

3. Culture / Diversity - Lever has best culture of anywhere I've ever worked. The 'right' culture is different for all people so I'll explain. Lever has insanely smart people, but that's not a differentiator in today's world. The Lever culture is around EQ / Humility / Self-Awareness. There is a level of EQ across the entire org and at every level that I have never seen any company come close to having. The diversity is also something really important to me. Besides having a female CEO, we have a female CFO, female CMO, and literally multiple female leaders across every function.

2. Market Size / Addressing a Real Problem - Almost every company needs to hire and recruit in this modern talent environment. And, hiring has become a strategic imperative. Lever solves a real problem that companies have.

4. Making a Difference / Feeling Like You are a Part of Something - This is mostly addressed above, but Lever's management has done a good job of tying each team's work and each individual's work directly into the impact and goals of the entire company. It feels to me like my impact makes a difference and we are all working for something more than just making money.

5. Management / Functional Stuff - The management team here is the right team. The 'functional stuff' is a bit more nuanced, but some companies have the most amazing people and are so dysfunctional. Lever has the right people and is highly functional. People listen to each other, respect each other, share information, make decisions and execute and it's just really functional, which actually is more the exception than the norm and something i really value.

Pros

-Culture is hands-down some of the best I've seen.
-Surrounded by hard-working people
-awesome perks
-bright future outlook for the company