Uscreen Reviews

There is so much that's wrong with this company and I'm unfortunate to have witnessed it. First, although they are remote, you will find the environment much more unhealthy than any on-site role you might have had before. That was certainly the case for me and many of my colleagues. The previous CEO, who was ousted last year, is on record admitting that they hire remotely so they can exploit people and pay peanuts with impunity. Until recently, there was a software called HubStaff that we had to have on our computers. (Your own computer, by the way. Uscreen doesn't buy you one.) That software took screenshots of your screen every minute. I'm white, so this isn't sour grapes, but Uscreen is extremely racist. They have a public team page on their website. Take a look. How many non-white faces do you see? There was a POC colleague for a while who was extremely hardworking and a lovely person, but that person was treated so horrendously that it still breaks my heart to even think back to it. Whenever there were POC candidates for vacancies, the comments and jokes that were made about them really don't belong in this century. If you don't like working with dark-skinned people for whatever reason, then this might be good news to you. But don't let it cloud you from the fact that you yourself will be treated like a toerag. Verbal abuse will be your daily bread. You will be gaslit, lied to, insulted, demeaned, and reminded at every turn that you are worthless and replaceable. When they laid people off from their peak of 200, everyone got put on PIPs. You suddenly went from being a high performer two weeks ago to having your head on the guillotine. Then, snip, you're gone, no severance, because it was "for cause." Nepotism is part of the DNA of this company. Everyone hires their friends. If you happen to join on the strength of your merits, forget about a promotion, ever. Those are exclusively for nepo-hires at Uscreen. One interesting thing you'll find is that, after Uscreen, nearly everyone's career goes downhill, Even top execs. There's something about this environment that really damages the mind. Maybe you think you'll be the exception. I just hope you're not wrong. Anyway it's not a smart risk by any measure. Go somewhere worthy of your skills, or wait it out just a bit longer.

Uscreen is extremely litigious and will send a pack of lawyers after you when you try to perform your civic duty and warn the job-seeking public about their abusive practices. That's why their ratings are so high, and that is a fact they cannot deny. Everyone is under a non-disparagement clause and they will not hesitate to enforce it. Sadly for them, I am a woman of principle. For example, they will tell you they're 100+. They actually used to be closer to 200 but fired half the workforce in the space of a year. This was a stealth layoff, demonstrating their utter lack of transparency. You can confirm it for yourself in 2022/23 interviews where they brag about being 200+ then suddenly shut up about it. People were put on undeserved PIPs at this time and fired without cause so Uscreen wouldn't have to pay severance. Things may have changed because the current CEO at least has an education. That was actually a condition for the growth equity exit as the founder and previous CEO was simply not investible. But he was kept on in a ceremonial role to avoid spooking customers. The haemorrhaging of institutional knowledge has been enormous. All the C-level and VP-level were purged in the last 6 months or so. While it's a decade-plus old company, it actually has the operational maturity of one that's a year old. Another thing: The job you're hired for may not be the job they ask/demand that you do. There have been several cases of people being moved teams and departments within four months or even before their probation is up. And it has happened to the same people multiple times a year. For what it's worth, it typically happens to women and ethnic minorities so you decide how you feel about that. There is a culture of abuse and blame-shifting at this company. Things haven't been okay for a long time so just know you're being lied when they try to paint a rosy picture during the interviews. All in all, this is a highly sociopathic company that will not benefit your career in any form.