Lever Reviews

Pros

I worked with some incredibly talented people at Lever. While I'm biased, coming from the recruiting team, I'm proud of so many of the people we hired. They've gone on to do incredible things, both within Lever and beyond. Lever was also incredibly employee focused. In many ways, this was great: it helped us hire, helped us retain, and helped us create our employer brand. However, there were challenges with this approach as well. Finally, I loved the product and felt so much of what Lever the company stands for was embodied in the product.

Cons

Ultimately, we failed to keep the grit from our early days and we lost traction. I'm sad to say I'm no longer a Lever user and this really bums me out. We also focused so much on the employee experience that we lost focus on the business and this is part of why I think Lever is failing to win the way I think it was originally positioned to. I know there's been a lot of leadership shake ups in the last year-plus, and I'll be interested to see where that lands the company, business, and product.

Pros

D&I focused: great diversity internally as well as with the product. Customer centric: product enhancements & changes based upon customer feedback. Championing cross-functional empathy: opportunities & advocates for cross-departmental collaboration. Leadership: supportive & attentive. Great benefits: Monthly stipends

Cons

Below market rate compensation. Previous product issues are plaguing retention & customer trust but with the new funding is an area of opportunity.

Pros

inclusive company culture, lots of opportunities for connecting across different groups - great employee benefits

Cons

lack of transparency from leadership. As an HR company they have great protocols written out but do not perform them. Being in sales it was expected to go on a pip if poorly performing however just 3 days after asking about Performance plans due to lesser performance I was let go. Worst part was that month I was the second highest performing representative [ I closed these deals after they had let me go - docusigns were out when they had fired me]. Also poor compensation packages for sales industy wide in tech.

Pros

-Incredible sense of values both as a company and its individual employees. Promote respect, kindness, and inclusion especially around diversity, as well as hard work, growth, and achievement. -Driven employees that know how to get things done and collaborate extremely well (both within and across functional teams), while having fun in the process. -Focus on diversity both in building their internal team as well as promoting product features that help customers look more closely at diversity within their hiring practices. -Solid product well-positioned within the market. -Strong management and leadership team that promotes a healthy work environment while also encouraging and fostering opportunities for career growth. -Lots of opportunities to learn about late-stage startup operations.

Cons

-Not necessarily a con, but it's a startup environment - so not for folks that like to work with established processes and tools vs. building it yourself or having to deal with more uncertainty. Employees are encouraged to provide input and make decisions early on, and you need to be prepared to do that. -The product still has room for growth to meet the needs of some customer segments, but that's to be expected (and there should always be room for improvement). Product team is great at listening and helping collaborate to prioritize solutions. -I wish there was more in-person collaboration but that's a COVID problem not a company problem. :) They've done a great job pivoting with remote work and it shows with how well staff communicate over Slack and Zoom.

Pros

- Great team of people who care about each other - Good benefits for a startup - Lots of autonomy in day-to-day work - I value the transparency the company affords team members with insight into 2020 was tough for a lot of companies. Lever did have a reduction in force, but worked hard to meet goals and get back to a growth state. The company has a strong path forward and a great team to get us there.

Cons

- Workload can be heavy and hours can be long (but managers are receptive to honest discussions) - Some product issues have dominated the roadmap in recent months - In typical startup form, "autonomy" can also mean "ambiguity". Someone will excel at Lever if they are comfortable making suggestions and proactively improving processes.

Pros

--Collaborative: teams work together to think through problems and work as a team. There is no he does this, she does that. Everyone jumps in to help and extend responsibilities outside of their areas when needed to get the job done. --Trust in Leadership: I sincerely trust our leadership team and the path that they are paving for the company. They are transparent and include all voices throughout the company in the overall strategy as we progress and continue to over-achieve on the goals we set. Every leader of the exec team is also so approachable and thoughtful. There are no politics whatsoever. --Results-driven: we work on an OKR (objective key results) system and review department goals quarterly to ensure all progress is measured and employees are continually rewarded when hitting targets and goals they set.

Cons

Prioritization when it comes to strategies and tactics that will move the bottom line in some areas and segments. We're getting there and scrappy, but hope to make as much progress as we can and double down on more resources in those areas in the coming year.