Kargo Reviews

Kargo is the prime example of a startup kind of company that didn’t scale properly. They spent too much money, hired too many unqualified people and realized it too late. There is huge amount of office politics and favoritism being played at Kargo, especially in Engineering. Leadership has no idea what it’s doing and no one holds them accountable for what they do. They’re also pretty much clueless on how to help their employees grow and learn. HR is the worst I’ve ever seen in a company. They’re more of a secret police than people who keep the peace. People have to think twice about having NORMAL conversations because they know HR is watching their every move. Honestly the new addition of this HR team is one of the reasons Kargo’s culture went down the drain. Speaking of drains... I hear it’s been like four months and they still don’t have a functional bathroom for their new office. I doubt it’ll be finished even next year. Kargo is the kind of company where after you leave and join a better company you’re like “Wow that was really some traumatic stuff I went through”. People are leaving left and right and realizing the grass really is greener on the other side.

Kargo no longer has a unique value proposition and the company is struggling because of it. Layoffs happen regularly to cut costs. Meanwhile, other employees are leaving voluntarily. Even the company’s CFO and top HR exec left voluntarily in 2018, and the company has no intention to backfill these or most other roles. When I was hired at Kargo, the role I was offered was not the role I ended up doing. As a result, my career took a step back and I was limited in my growth opportunities. Had I known what the company would become, I never would have accepted the offer. Based on the current business model and turnover rate, I don’t believe Kargo will still be operational in the next year. It would be very risky to join the company and expect to get anything out of it aside from a short-term paycheck.