74% positive business outlook
Pros
Overall a positive experience. Culture was good and perks were solid.
Cons
Company grew too fast in crypto bull market and had to cut 20% of workforce. Doesn’t seem well planned given the layoffs were 3 months before tax season, the busiest time of the year.
Pros
Amazing benefits, big opportunities to grow and take on new challenges, great group of highly-skilled people
Cons
Rapidly changing responsibilities, some ambiguity amidst intense hyper growth
Pros
- Awesome culture - Work flexibility (work from anywhere) - Ambitious mission - Emerging technology
Cons
- Fully remote work culture is not for everyone (although there are company retreats twice a year)
Pros
* Compassionate leadership team who set clear expectations and treat employees as humans * 6x Y-o-Y customer growth means a lot of really fun and challenging problems to solve * Really bright, motivated colleagues; lots of passion for web3 but with equal parts humility * Joining early means having a disproportionately large impact on the team's success and culture * Accessible and curious management * Values demonstrated daily and are not just empty words * Async work culture fully embraced
Cons
* Common at rapidly growing start ups- ambiguity and a very fast pace can result in some inefficiencies
Pros
- Great learning experience - Very collaborative teams - Remote-first culture - Good salary and compensation - Projects where you can clearly see the value of your work
Cons
- Calls from leads were often contradictory, causing confusion - Even for a startup, engineering culture felt a bit unusual: difficult to push new initiatives or drive change
Pros
Remote first company that values async comms and hates meetings! Very culture oriented with an emphasis on inclusivity, work life balance, and professional development opportunities
Cons
Growth stage company so there can be confusion around process and a lot of internal infrastructure isn't in place yet. For those looking for a place where all that's already defined, this wouldn't be a good fit. For those looking to contribute and build those processes, we're hiring!
Pros
Reasonably good cash compensation. Fully remote and remote first.
Cons
Leadership does not have the skills required to navigate the company successfully and that deficiency trickles down to wide organizational failures. These failures have only worsened as the market outlook for the company has degraded. An early raise at an unachievable valuation during the peak of the crypto bubble combined with leadership hostility to favorable secondary market sales results in employees having no opportunities to realize value from equity grants. This is especially punishing for early employees who took lower pay and believed in the company. The founders early messaging about sharing in the success of the company isn’t backed up in practice. Unqualified executive hires weighed the company down even before the crypto crash. Leaders from massive companies were brought in to lead minuscule teams, lacking the practical experience with startups or small businesses the roles required. These ineffective hires commanded sky high salaries, which worsened the companies position during the down turn. Romantic relationships in the executive team went undisclosed and undermined trust in the organization and raised concerns that it influenced hiring decisions. The company asks you to leave politics out of work while loudly supporting politicians friendly to their regulatory needs, part of a pattern of setting expectations for work outcomes and behavior required of employees but not leadership. If you have concerns about the politics of the crypto industry, know this is a place where politics is an active part of the company strategy that you as an employee cannot comment on. “No politics” is a shield wielded to protect the founders from meaningful and business critical criticism. For early hires it is a jarring pivot from the early days where the culture was one that actively welcomed discussion across the spectrum of crypto enthusiasts and stood out as a counterpoint to other companies who championed a specific political stance and culture. Worse, these efforts are at odds with the personal beliefs shared by early leaders — indicating a willingness to disregard their own morals for profit.
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