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      PocketMath reviews

      3.0

      57% would recommend to a friend

      (28 total reviews)

      JD Lee

      47% approve of CEO

      51% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.2

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.7

      Work/Life balance

      3.6

      Compensation and benefits

      3.2

      Culture & values

      2.7

      Senior management

      2.7

      Career opportunities

      PocketMath has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 28 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The PocketMath employee rating is 22% below average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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      28 reviews
      1.0
      Jul 3, 2019

      Thin-skinned CEO driving a historic company down the drain

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Hardly any to be honest. It used to be a force to be reckoned with.

      Cons

      CFO turned CEO is duplicitous and thin-skinned. Don't believe what she says about wanting the truth and valuing you. They will turn on you the moment you say something that is not a polished turd. No dissent is allowed even if you're the one who overhauled how the company solved all its problems. Or when the company relies on your contacts to ride out crises on the first week of your joining. They'll just fire you because you dare to speak the truth to help the company. The CEO has a rotten reputation in the industry and with her at the helm, they'll always have a problem closing the deals they need and hire the people they need. On top of that, the last co-founder that wasn't ousted by the Witch of a CEO is living the life at one of the most expensive condos in Singapore on the company dime. Fat salaries and extravagant spending on hotels as engineers haven't gotten a pay rise in years and the company is hemorrhaging money. They told me that the company was profitable during the interview when in fact the company was losing 6 digits operationally every month. Let's talk about the CPO. Similarly duplicitous and worse of all, weak-willed that bent over backwards for the CEO even when he knows he made the wrong choice. Despite what he thinks, he does not have a firm grasp on the industry as they think. Hires, fires and strategic and operational choices seem to happen on a whim. One moment, you are working with the CTO and Product on developing new solutions and processes, the next moment, you are thrown out the door with 2mins to pack your things. Finally, let's talk about tech and operations. The company is out of touch with the industry and costs twice as much as their top competitor. On top of that, it has lesser reach and capabilities (lack of Desktop, CTV, PTV, advanced data and video options) at a higher cost. The underlying algorithm also seems to be extremely basic and does not intelligently identify fraud or buy effectively. The algorithm has one job and it can't even do that.

      1.0
      Dec 23, 2019

      Join at your own risk

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      So difficult to think one. Maybe good location ?

      Cons

      Review posts in 2019 to make a correct assessment of your own. As you can read in other REAL post provided, situation have changed drastically since 2019. Delusional and very sensitive management • Refuse to listen to honest feedback • they take honest feedback negatively. Need to be cautious of what you say. If not you will be out the next moment. Petty • Once you are not on good books, management will persistently find fault with you • When employee resigns, management will start to talk negatively about them • Picking on employees if they are deemed not ‘committed’ Trust issues • For some reasons, management keeps thinking that employees are abusing the system Double standards • Management do not practice what they preach. They tell employees that no medical appointment during working hours, on the other hand, certain privileged employees are allow to go for their “appointment” during office hours. • Certain privileged employees can come and leave the office as and when they wish. Go on long leaves one after another. While the rest need to repeatedly request for leave approval and some even got rejected leave. Hiring problem • This is a viscous cycle which they fail to accept. The rate that employees are leaving is faster than that the rate they could be replace. Culture • finger pointing, blame game strong • hire and fire culture • working aimlessly, no business objective • no family culture, "just a job" office Micro-managing • executive’s leaves needs to approve by the top management • relates back to trust issues

      2.0
      Mar 2, 2016

      Hire and Fire Policy

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - work from home - good salary - company events, parties - opportunities to attend conferences and seminars - relocation provided - good HR policies for employees - access to pool and gym

      Cons

      - culture sucks - insecure people and nobody wants to listen or follow - lot of blame game - unhelpful colleagues who prefer pointing mistakes rather than helping out - crazy work timings - may suit others but did not work for me - no clarity of role or expectations - everyone is working with no set goals - every boss has a different set of goals - so if you work for one boss then the other boss would complain - and finally some other boss would fire you - your boss might also take credit for your work and put it forward as his work - everyone is under stress (and the stress is only because of lack of clarity on what is expected) - its very difficult to measure you work performance as what you do for one boss may not be approved by the other boss and finally you will have to rework on the entire thing - you seriously dont know who are you working for - who is your boss

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      PocketMath Response
      9y
      Thank you making the effort in providing us constructive feedback. While we are grateful for your contribution to us, it sounds like you could have had a better experience with us Part of our culture is to embrace diversity. This means that even if a title may define a team member’s function, it does not stop opinions and thoughts from being shared and appreciated across teams. However, your feedback is valuable in reminding us that this is a balancing act and there is a need for team members to be mindful of the way they contribute their opinions. As with any growing business, there is always room for improvement. Much of this is focused around internal communications and we are making this a priority and focus. Thank you once again for your review - it provides us awareness on where we can do better. We wish you success and growth in your career.
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