Cover Reviews

2.9

37% would recommend to a friend

(41 total reviews)

Karn Saroya

48% approve of CEO

30% positive business outlook

Cover has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 41 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Cover employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Insurance industry (3.6 stars).

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41 reviews
1.0
12 May 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Catered lunches, some of the best engineering talent in the city

Cons

The founders are very immature and lack real experience. They think that flying around is life experience but have never owned a car. They do not have a plan or even know what kind of exit they want. The head of product (co-founder) is in way over her head. The founders have no idea of what they actually wants but spends their time looking for magic bullets to solve things with a wand. The founders are literally the embodiment of the Dunning–Kruger effect. Listen to the CEO then google phrases that he repeats: you'll find that they are really just the best sound bites from medium articles or hacker news.

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Cover Response
6y
Hey, First of all, I want to apologize for the experience you had at Cover. As you pointed out, we've worked hard to hire well and build out a supportive engineering culture that gives our colleagues an opportunity to grow and meaningfully contribute. You were a part of that culture, so I don't take your feedback lightly. I appreciate you taking on the task of helping us build out something that is non-trivial, knowing the path we've followed hasn't always been a straight line. As always, my door is open to direct feedback (karn at cover.com), and I hope you stay engaged with the team and our alum. All the best, Karn
1.0
17 Nov 2020

Avoid this startup

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good relationships between sales teammates

Cons

Cover did a mass lay-off in early March, ~60% of the entire company (not COVID-19 related.) This surprise lay-off was especially disappointing because employees asked MANY, MANY times leading up to the lay-off if the company was in good financial standing. Just days before the lay-off, we were told we had enough capital to last us at least another year. Questionable sales practices were consistently rolled out by upper management, and concerns from sales reps were rarely addressed. There’s a very strict sales process, and the managers primary responsibility is to make sure you’re following it. Getting creative with your sales strategy was not encouraged. The job of a sales rep was a decent job right out of college, but there’s no clear path for growth, and very few people are promoted. It gets better. Sales reps are required to work weekends, and you’re discouraged and often denied from using your “unlimited PTO”. All in all, there was some good, but far too much bad to consider this a good job experience. I would avoid.

1.0
10 Apr 2020

Disappointing

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Really great people to work with, decent work/life balance, decent benefits

Cons

Was told there was sufficient funds for 1+ years but then they laid off a huge chunk of the company with no warning / communication. Growth is preached but not really followed up on, significant miscommunication / inefficiencies between different teams.

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