Lots of room to grow - Marketing and Business Development Specialist Genestack Employee Review

5.0
22 Nov 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Because the company is still young and growing, each employee can really make a difference and have an impact on the shape of the product or the future of the company. It has a real start-upy feel, so no two days are the same. Employees are involved in many different projects and are exposed to a lot of learning opportunities

Cons

With one office in Cambridge, UK and one in St. Petersburg, Russia, there are some communication and project management problems.

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1.0
12 Mar 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Some colleagues are wonderful people. They were the ones holding everything together.​​​​​

Cons

At first, the experience was excellent — there was a wonderful team, and despite all the difficulties, there was a sense of support and unity. After major changes, everything started falling apart. Management was weak, decisions were strange, and people didn’t feel safe or secure. Laying off many great people caused an outpouring of outrage. The way the layoffs were handled was complete trash. The CEO’s wife is incompetent but makes many important decisions.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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1.0
29 Jan 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Some of the colleagues are nice. Remote working available.

Cons

Pay is much lower than industry standard No career progression opportunities or training Very few customers so business reliant on renewals. Cancellation of one or two may put in jeopardy (again). Genuine lack of care in staff wellbeing. Solution to most problems seems to be redundancy. Lack of willingness to try new approaches - or even industry standard ones! Read the reviews (many positive ones are “encouraged” to try and boost star ratings - It’s the COO’s way or nothing. Constant shifts in direction according to customer whims or latest trendy buzzword rather than focus on actual strengths. Very Russian centric culture - if you’re not Russian or don’t speak Russian don’t expect to feel anything other than secondary citizen.

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