Quirky Reviews

3.9

65% would recommend to a friend

(94 total reviews)
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Ben Kaufman

69% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

Quirky has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 94 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Quirky employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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94 reviews
3.0
10 Sept 2017

Design Engineer

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Got 6 weeks of pay without having to work

Cons

Got laid off, so that sucked

4.0
18 Dec 2014

The HK Workplace to be!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Regardless of the sea view office, free snacks and drinks. The unique culture in Quirky is definitely hard to be found elsewhere in HK. The transparency culture within company, from work environment to org structure, makes great bonding with everyone at work, easy communication, everyone’s opinions count and a lot of opportunities to grab! The fast paced in the company makes the job challenging and fun, you’ll definitely be amazed by the Quirky machine.

Cons

With the offices in NY, SF and HK, the time differences does have an impact in your work-life balance. You’re expected to be working outside of office hours, checking e-mails form time to time. If you don’t love the company, you probably wouldn’t enjoy this habit. This place is for people with great passions in what they are doing.

1.0
22 Dec 2014

Don't Buy Into The Hype

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Awesome Office Passionate People Rewarding Work Relaxed Vacation Policy (not that you'll use it)

Cons

Constantly laying off or firing people, sometimes for as little as posting on Facebook they had a bad day at work. They're running out of cash and so they are looking for reason to fire or lay off people, because they can't afford all the people they've hired on. On top of that, they expect 100% of your time. Most people work 60-70 hours a week and then the CEO tells them they haven't worked hard enough, and that they need to sleep in the office and work over night on the weekends. He actually got the whole company together to show them videos of people sleeping in the office and working overnight then said "THIS is Quirky's culture and I expect it from all of you". Lastly, leadership is not all on the same page when it comes to the strategy, so everyone has different agendas and opinions. It's a sinking ship and everyone knows it. They constantly change direction (I've gone through 6 different org charts in less than 2 years), so it's a mess. Don't buy into the smoke and mirrors; this place is a loser and is bound to be the next Fab. Dead in 2016.

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