Pros
You get a $25 Doordash credit for dinner. Only because they force you to work 12+ hours day.
Cons
At first, the onboarding experience feels exciting. Leadership shares the mission with enthusiasm and quickly gets new hires bought in. And truthfully, buy-in is essential if you want to succeed anywhere. Unfortunately, the red flags begin to appear soon after. Turnover is extraordinarily high. As many others have noted, the expectation is 9am to 9pm, or later. When the CEO is in the office, it’s common for people to stay past 10pm, and leaving at 9pm earns you the reputation of being a slacker. The company tends to hire finance graduates and place them in cold-calling roles, regardless of background or skill set, largely because they are accustomed to long hours. On some days, the CEO even sits at the entrance, effectively monitoring when people arrive, which contributes to a culture of surveillance rather than trust. At the core, the model remains a traditional contingent labor approach: high turnover, aggressive sales tactics, and a culture that prioritizes optics over substance. They present themselves as different, but once you look beyond the surface, the offering is almost indistinguishable from countless other digital staffing platforms facing the exact same challenges. The organization leans heavily on buzzwords and jargon in its pitch, much of which feels disconnected from the actual needs of operators. The language sounds impressive in theory, but when you strip it down, it doesn’t translate into meaningful solutions or tangible improvements in day-to-day operations. For example, terms like “AI-driven vetting,” “revolutionizing labor,” or “disrupting the staffing industry” are thrown around constantly, but those phrases rarely align with what customers or employees actually experience. It’s also important to mention that employees are strongly encouraged, if not outright required, to leave reviews and social media posts immediately upon joining. On my first day, we were instructed to publish a LinkedIn post with a specific script provided by the company. Given that practice, it’s not surprising to see an abundance of overly positive reviews on Glassdoor that don’t reflect the day-to-day reality. Would love the Traba account to respond on this with something like "Oh were the 1%, a high performing team, and were building something generational, were on the road to 1 trillion, rocket ship, playing for the front of the jersey....
