COTA reviews

3.8

62% would recommend to a friend

(81 total reviews)

Michael Doyle

77% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

COTA has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 81 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The COTA employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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81 reviews
4.0
Dec 28, 2017

Good Opportunities at a Fast-Moving Company

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Pros

- Unlimited PTO Policy - Smart people in every area of company - Pretty competitive salary - Hard workers - Good mission, and people here really want to do good and fulfill that mission - Office snacks, cold brew coffee on tap etc. - Can get a lot of responsibility from the start - Old school executives mean not as much of a "bro" culture as is found in some startups

Cons

- Sometimes hard for people to work as one cohesive unit rather than separate departments due to undefined and shifting priorities - No HR department. Instead they just expect people in various roles to "pick up the slack" for most HR duties - Old school executives mean some old school ideas. One such is that Cota has yet to post their open positions on their own website - Departments are too diverse in culture, need a more unified company culture

2.0
Dec 7, 2017

Deceptive intellgence

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Silicon valley startup work environment! - Very friendly coworkers

Cons

- Discrimination at senior management level - Good people jumping ship for one reason or another - Work/life balance is myth

2.0
Dec 4, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Many talented individuals joined COTA attracted by the company's outward mission, and promises for involving them on projects requiring their knowledge and authority on Data Science, NLP and Machine Learning. They have the unique position of having medical experts onboard.

Cons

Many of these talented individuals have also left COTA. 1) Lack of vision and direction: The mission of the company is ultimately to enable the healthcare industry (pharmaceutical companies, hospitals, etc) to reduce the costs of healthcare for the healthcare industry. If you are thinking of joining the company for improving the quality of patient care or public health, please take a moment to try and fully understand the healthcare industry, COTA's clients and products before you make your decision. 2) Lack of Positive Culture: There is no HR department. Any discussion or complaint about toxic work environments to management is usually responded to with denial and shutdown. The hiring manager pressures employees to write positive reviews for the company. "Yes Men" get promoted at this company. Women who spoke too loudly were deemed "aggressive." Poor management policies will tear apart healthy team relationships between new managers and employees to create hierarchical distance. 3) Result = Poor Talent Management. Due to constant indecision of company product from a lack of vision and toxic norms at the company, the management do not fully leverage their talent pool for their abilities. Employees get sucked into managing toxic relationships as a result of chaos. Terrible off-boarding process.

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