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Narrative Science

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Narrative Science reviews

4.3

78% would recommend to a friend

(24 total reviews)

Stuart Frankel

81% approve of CEO

78% positive business outlook

Narrative Science has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 24 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Narrative Science employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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24 reviews
2.0
Aug 4, 2014

Wasted Potential

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Pros

I worked with a really great team of bright, fun engineers. There are some interesting engineering problems to be solved at the company, but unfortunately access to working on the interesting stuff is very uneven.

Cons

Poor management has somehow produced an ineffective engineering team out of a really talented group of engineers. The team is split between working on solved problems (like writing it's own lousy version of ZooKeeper) grinding engineers against repetitive tasks that would be solvable if they were treated like engineering problems (never-ending data munging but no attempt to actually build a platform to solve common data needs) and madly trying to keep the pile of technical debt it's produced afloat.

1.0
Aug 11, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Original product was a great idea and it used to be a great place to work with lots of great people. There are a ton of talented Narrative Science alums spread throughout the rest of the tech industry.

Cons

Doesn't pay anywhere close to market salaries, over a quarter of the employees have left in the last 6 months, and leadership is clueless.

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Narrative Science Response
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We are disappointed to hear about your negative experience at Narrative Science. We work hard to ensure that our employees have a positive and rewarding experience during their time here. One aspect of that is making sure our compensation is competitive. As we share with employees in our compensation FAQ, we continuously benchmark our data to ensure our salaries are in line with the market based on each role and location. In addition, we offer a generous equity package and a range of other benefits. We recognize there is much more than compensation that goes into creating a great employee experience which is why we also encourage our employees to give continuous feedback through anonymous engagement surveys and anonymous questions. We use these communication channels to ensure that our leaders understand how people are feeling and can focus on constantly improving and creating a great experience for our team. Our turnover, particularly in our engineering function, has been higher than in years past but is still within a range that’s standard for technology companies of our size and stage. The reality with companies like Narrative Science is that change is the one constant and change often involves transitions (people being promoted, people electing to leave the company and people who are asked to leave). While it can certainly be hard to see people go, each departure gives us an opportunity to be forward looking with the way that we organize the company. Although you feel negative about the company today, I hope over time you will value the things that you learned at Narrative Science and the experience that you gained here. We appreciate your feedback and we will continue to work hard to make sure our employees are having a positive experience at Narrative Science.
4.0
Oct 29, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

excellent fun-loving and easy to work with coworkers. everyone prioritizes team success. fast moving environment with lots of opportunity to make contributions across multiple levels or areas, never need to worry about getting "stuck" in a narrow role.

Cons

when i was there, due to weak alignment between sales/biz and engineering, projects often came in with incomplete requirements and challenging deadlines that required engineers to jump through some unnecessary hoops. projects would change in fundamental ways during the iteration phase with no protections in the contract, so as an engineer it would get a little disheartening to realize that factors beyond your control were guaranteeing you couldn't really create value.

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