I really really wanted to love it here based on all the Glassdoor reviews. HR asks new folks to review Aledade on Glassdoor within the first couple weeks of joining, so you are seeing a lot of reviews from employees who have been at the company for just a few weeks. I found that to be really odd as I don’t even review appliances on Amazon after such little time! I would take these reviews with a grain of salt and ask a lot of questions of your team during the interview process. I was warned during my interviews about a lot of drawbacks of joining the company/specific team and I wish I had listened more to those warnings.
- I would say the number one issue for this company is that there are a lot of really inexperienced people from top to bottom. You scratch your head a lot of times as to how certain people are in the positions they are in. There doesn’t seem to be any rhyme or reason to titles/salaries/promotions. The company would be much more efficient with the right people in the right roles.
- If you’ve worked at a startup previously you may be disappointed in the culture here and the product (not design-centric).
- Being a mostly remote company, I felt like there could have been a lot more thought into making new remote folks feel like they are a part of the company. Company onboarding consisted of watching uninspiring videos for days upon days and team onboarding was not thought through/chaotic. The whole experience made me feel really disconnected from the company.
- I agree with other reviewers that if you speak up about how things can be improved you may not love the treatment you get afterwards or be prepared for it to be completely ignored (one or the other). Fellow employees also told me they didn’t even feel comfortable being honest during the anonymous yearly company survey. It’s all a shame as the mission and vision are really wonderful.
I really wanted to love it here…even like it. I wish I had not had the experience that I did here.
