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      2.8

      33% would recommend to a friend

      (7 total reviews)

      33% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.4

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.3

      Work/Life balance

      2.5

      Senior management

      2.4

      Career opportunities

      2.1

      Culture & values

      2.1

      Compensation and benefits

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      7 reviews
      5.0
      Feb 18, 2022

      Great for Remote, Self-Driven Engineers

      Software developer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Fully Remote - High Employee Autonomy - Unlimited Vacation Days - Work-Life Balance - Job Security - Personal Growth Opportunity - No Bureaucracy SumZero is ideal for mature, organized and versatile Software Engineers who thrive in a minimal supervision remote environment and value their personal autonomy and impact on the product. Employees essentially have full control of their work-life balance.

      Cons

      - No 401k contribution match - No new-employee training - Minimal Company-Funded Events for its Employees - Small Firm Organizational Structure Subjectively, the pros can outweigh the cons depending on your individual and professional goals. SumZero will not be a great fit if you are expecting formal training upon hire, micro-management or frequent employer-sponsored social events.

      5.0
      Jun 4, 2021

      Great Place and People

      Vice president
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Strong, smart team - felt like both engineering and business sides were driven by smart capable individuals - Management trusts junior / mid level employees to make key decisions - Good work / life balance - WFH is allowed (this was in 2018, preCovid) and flexible time off - Startup environment that was about results - didnt really get sucked into the whole Silicon Valley mindset

      Cons

      - Probably not as many random "perks" as you would get at another high flying startup

      3.0
      Jan 9, 2020

      Not a terrible place to start if you're entrepreneurial and interested in finance.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Low hours, oversight. Hi flexibility. - Established product. - Well connected in the hedge fund world. - Good early career growth if self motivated. There is basically no management, so it's possible to operate more like an entrepreneur and deliver value however you see fit. Dealing with the total lack of structure and goals could be maddening, but I actually ended up valuing the independence and open ended responsibility. Management is very slow to fire (too slow), so there's plenty of room to screw around trying things. Can make connections to the tip top of the hedge fund world via the firm's large network, and also learn a lot about investing and finance. The website is generally built with very modern tools (because engineers has so much freedom to screw around with new stuff). If you justify the hell out of it, you actually can get management to buy big ticket items.

      Cons

      - Obsessive/irrationally cheap management: the smaller the amount of money you want to spend the more likely CEO will say no. - No long term/mid- late stage career growth. - Stagnant business I had to work hard to justify every dollar I ever spent. In some ways it was good for analyzing cost/benefit carefully, but unfortunately culture was penny-wise pound-foolish overall. Little to no perks/hh as CEO doesn't drink and is obsessively cheap. Pay is below market and doesn't grow with you, so people leave. CEO can be shady/untrustworthy which taught me a few lessons about negotiations and trusting no one but myself to lookout for myself. The worst con by far is the CEO is independently wealthy so doesn't drive the business forward like he should. This can be nice because pressure is very low, but in the end it's pretty disillusioning to see a product that actually has a lot of potential stagnate, and to continually see the best employees leave.

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