Soul crushing - Anonymous employee Opendoor Employee Review

2.0
12 Sept 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

• The company is growing rapidly and seems likely to succeed • There's a clear product/market fit for what Opendoor provides • Convenient office location, daily catered lunch • Some very kind, talented engineers

Cons

• Ask an Opendoor employee about Opendoor, and they will say "Everyone here is so smart!" True, there are a lot of smart people at Opendoor. There are also a lot of mediocre narcissists. • Long hours, little recognition, immense pressure to produce work. Little to no support from coworkers. Environment is exceedingly political - doing quality work matters much less than the appearance of doing quality work. • 'The mission' is just a lever that the exec team likes to pull to attempt to improve morale. It rings hollow and meaningless and work feels that way too. • Pay is below for average for the SF market

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
9 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Meaningful problems to solve. Stock upside with right macro. Aggressive AI usage

Cons

996 / hustle culture amongst newer folks. Love having motivated teammates but the comp is B-tier at best (unless you’re the CEO, at 4371x the avg employee) New product folks are a mixed bag. Some work really hard and are super sharp. Some talk about working hard and take credit for product work from others. SF office dying through firing and resignations - expect to be asked to visit Miami and Toronto frequently. Tenured employees seem to be assumed to be low performers

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