Wunderkind Reviews

Pros

I have never had better co-workers. Everyone is smart and interesting and truly goes above and beyond to help each other. I've never worked at another company where this is actually true. You work EXTREMELY hard here, but you also have a ton of fun. There is a ton of momentum right now. The engineering team is really impressive, and through there was a lot of CTO turnover, they finally got it right and everything is firing. You can start to see (I've been here a while) Wunderkind coming out of their growing pains and teams really working well together and leadership cohesion. We just had one of our best quarters ever, and I do appreciate that this company does celebrate that and tries to help everyone understand their parts in it. It's probably the most palpable excitement I have ever felt here. I'm genuinely excited to come to work every day. Hands down the best company at taking chances on peoples' potential. If you work hard and execute, you are noticed and you are going to be pushed to continue to grow and rewarded for it. The CEO is a big personality, but he really cares about everyone and the business, and I personally would rather have someone invested and emotional than someone super removed and cold.

Cons

It's a lean team, and a leaner leadership and exec team, and you can see the cracks in bandwidth.

Pros

Wunderkind has gone through some major changes (leadership turnover), acquisitions, exec shakeups, and a rather big layoff in April. Despite the changes, the people and culture has remained true to one of its core values- "bounce back". The company seems to re-invent itself over, and over and over again. I worked with some of the best and brightest people in the business and cherished my time there. The re-brand helped reinvigorate the spirit and energy of the CEO and people who helped shape the company today. Competitive benefits and cool offices (when that was a thing).

Cons

Best way to describe Wunderkind now is "trigger-happy." There is frantic leadership at the top, egotistic, fraternized culture is still at the heart of the company. Diversity was once the darling act, however, many of the respected leaders departed. The exaggerated 4 and 5 star reviews are calculated and scripted. I would be wary of any review that depicts the CEO and Executive team as "extra" given the extraordinary times of 2020. Strip away the office, unhealthy breakfasts, rose on tap, golden dinosaurs, and all you are left with is yet another hyperbolized and expensive product that is already replicated in the market. Many C-level execs were never replaced and junior, first time leaders still need much coaching, training and development.

Pros

The people are amazing. I've never been surrounded by so many high achieving yet down to earth colleagues. Team work is everything. From what I've witnessed, Wunderkind truly walks the walk when it comes to D&I. Work life balance is excellent, I feel appreciated by my leadership, and benefits/comp are very competitive. I know I only speak for my team and things could be different on other teams that have different cultures etc, but I can confidently say Wunderkind is a 5 star out of 5 star place to work. Super exciting time to join the company, major growth on the horizon, a lot of opportunities. I can only speak for myself, but I love it.

Cons

Maybe too many meetings that could have been an email?

Pros

BounceX/Wunderkind has been an incredible place to grow as a professional. Each day presents a different set of challenges and I am regularly given more responsibility/ownership than I would have ever thought possible at this stage in my career (a good thing!). The acquisition of SmarterHQ has also infused new energy into the company and I can't wait to see where things go.

Cons

The people at Wunderkind are amazing, but there can be at times a lack of strong visionary leadership from the top. As we continue to grow, it'll be critical to have more direction from the leadership team, particularly on the tech side. Hoping that we can continue to hire more senior engineering leadership to make sure our product is ready for the next phase.

Pros

Engineering Team - some really incredible leaders within that team that are committed to change and equity. The People Team + D&I The employees - some of the best and brightest in the business!

Cons

The last review was clearly crafted by someone to distract from what is really happening internally. It was written to discredit and invalidate the experiences of former employees just because those experiences weren't favorable (news flash - not everyone loves where they work), and to normalize the erratic, irrational, and narcissistic behavior of the CEO. He has completely lost touch with reality and dangerously operates as if Wunderkind is immune to COVID. He has returned to the office in NYC along with other members/friends/drinking buddies of the leadership team, and they have since been pressuring other employees to come into the office with meeting invites titled 'In person preferred' or 'IN PERSON'.