Need Not Apply. - Chief of Staff Twenty20 Employee Review

2.0
17 Aug 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- There are some wonderful people who work here, a lot of time and effort has been made to craft a loyal team who cares about stock market photo disruption. - Free lunches. - Free beer, if you're into that sort of thing. - The office space is enjoyable. - The engineering team is pretty top-notch. (It may be worth nothing that I would only come on to the team as an engineer, and then I would try and negotiate a cash heavy salary. Don't take the stock--it's likely worthless.)

Cons

- The company has had multiple (three or four in the last two years) mass firings. This isn't par for the course when you're a startup--upper management doesn't learn from their mistakes and puts livelihoods on the line. - Company isn't anywhere near profitable. - Lack of financial transparency and lack of financial oversight.

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Twenty20 Response
9y
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I'm learning from them even though it's been a couple years since you left. Sorry to hear I wasn't able to give you role you were hoping for. -Matt

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Twenty20 Response
9y
Thanks so much for sharing your honest feedback. I shared a lot of the details on how we ended up in such a hard spot here: https://medium.com/reboot-leadership-resiliency/how-i-burned-10-million-dollars-so-you-dont-have-to-4e9e83754ce9#.9urrp84bs I don't anticipate that the 'why' takes away any of the hurt of the experience we put you through. Please do know we are taking your advice to heart. Matt
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