Too good to be true - Software Engineer Root Inc. Employee Review

3.0
26 Jan 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Awesome engineering culture and flexibility when you have appointments or errands to run during the day. Lots of smart and genuinely awesome people who work there and a lot of complex problems to solve.

Cons

Lots of attrition even before the “great resignation”, which hurts morale. Oftentimes no sense of direction due to constantly pivoting business goals. BE PREPARED. They just laid off 25% of their workforce after a huge hiring spree in 2021. If you are accepting a job there, keep your resume up to date and even keep interviewing. They spend money like no ones business and don’t earn it back in revenue. When they say they are growing, they have overestimated how many they needed to hire to increase their revenue and ended up laying them off 3-12 months later.

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Root Inc. Response
4y
Thank you for your time at Root. We acknowledge that the recent realignment around our priorities was not an easy decision to make. We wish you all the best in the future.

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5.0
23 Apr 2026
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Pros

remote, anywhere in the world pays for license

Cons

no cons at the moment

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Root Inc. Response
2mo
We're glad you enjoy working where it works best for you in the US. Thanks for the 5-star review.
2.0
1 Jul 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Remote tech company It was cool to have monthly meetings with the CEO . They kept you in the loop of what was going on

Cons

My manager was horrible . Instead of development and truly helping the team we felt as if he was just against us Pay was lower and work load was higher

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