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      3.8

      66% would recommend to a friend

      (1,112 total reviews)
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      Owen Humphries

      84% approve of CEO

      38% positive business outlook

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      Glassdoor has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,112 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Glassdoor employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.7 stars).

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      1K reviews
      4.0
      Oct 7, 2015

      Growing Pains

      Sales
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      Pros

      Leadership - Every time you hear our CEO (Robert Hohman) speak you know he passionately believes in our mission and truly cares about employees at Glassdoor. His leadership is what makes GD tick. He practices what he preaches and is as transparent as can be with where the company is heading and what he believes are our biggest challenges are. I have never worked for an organization with a leader as visible and truly committed to the cause as Robert. Colleagues - There are a lot of great people at GD. Since my first day here, people have been extremely friendly and welcoming. Benefits - What you would expect from top tech company in Bay Area.

      Cons

      Really feels like we are in that awkward in-between stage as a growing company. I definitely don't feel as confident about the business as I did at the beginning of 2015. We have also seen a lot of really great, smart sales people leave the org over the last 6 months and that can be disconcerting for the team. Another challenge is we are first and foremost a consumer site with a mission dedicated to serve job seekers. This doesn't translate as well to our offerings to employers. We regularly work with clients who feel like we are blackmailing them or that GD is a "necessary evil" because of the employee reviews. These can be really hard objections to overcome because we have no control over content. I also think our B2B products are not great. We have not seen anything innovative come through development this year and it feels like the products we do sell are not any different than what our competitors are doing. Results for clients vary greatly and we need to stop selling ourselves as a complete recruiting tool - we do branding really well (soft ROI), but are very inconsistent in helping get direct hires.

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      Glassdoor Response
      10y
      Thank you so much for your review. Feedback is so crucial to our business, your comments have gone a long way internally! First, we want to thank you for the kind words about Bob, GD benefits and your colleagues. We strive to make work fun, and the people and culture are a huge part of that. Secondly, we want to thank you for the developmental feedback. Yes, you are right, we do have growing pains here! As we bring people on, we try our absolute best to thoroughly vet all new hires, including managers. We hope to keep making improvements to the interview process. Also, we are constantly tweaking product delivery, messaging, and positioning. Your feedback in regards to client performance can help us do better! Please keep sharing. Finally, I invite you to reach out to me or any other member of our leadership internally. :-) Stephanie Jenkins, Director of Account Management
      5.0
      Jan 6, 2015

      Great Start!!

      Senior software engineer
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      Pros

      This review is after my first month at GD. - Great people - Smart coworkers - Great learning experience - I have got to do meaningful contribution in my first week itself.

      Cons

      - Commute is long. But its not so much of a problem for me. - Still need to improve some aspects of continuous integration and delivery. But the plans are in place.

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      Glassdoor Response
      10y
      Definitely agree we need to continue to make progress on our continuous integration solution. Hopefully even in the time since you joined you have seen significant progress. But we will keep pushing.
      5.0
      Oct 30, 2008

      If you love start-up web companies, this is the place for you.

      Vice-president
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      Pros

      We're living the start-up dream. We're a small, nimble company that has the potential to make a big impact on people's lives. First, I truly believe in the mission of the company - "help people make informed decisions about where they work." Work is important - it's where many people spend the most time, your salary has a big impact on the freedom you have in your life, etc. So helping people make good decisions about their work is important and valuable. Second, the work environment is great. People respect each other. Each person truly contributes to making the company successful. Management (which I'm part of) is extremely open about how decisions are made and what our goals are. And there is a great energy that comes from everyone working together to achieve a shared vision. We respect the importance of having balance in your life. We work hard, but people can always take time off when they want/need to. Often times people work extra but it's because they are excited to deliver results rather than because it's required. And, people are compensated fairly. We have good salaries, extremely generous equity package and great benefits...especially for a startup - what startup do you know that had a 401K in the first year it existed?

      Cons

      We're prone to many of the drawbacks of a startup. Career opportunity is limited - with a 11 person company, there isn't a lot of room for promotion and taking on more senior roles. However, that is balanced with the opportunity for every person to have total ownership of his/her work and to play many roles so it's a great place to learn and grow. There's also risk in a startup. We're fortunate to have enough capital to build the business, but any startup is riskier than an established company.

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