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Email On Acid

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3.1

54% would recommend to a friend

(36 total reviews)
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Laurinda Pang

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44% positive business outlook

Email On Acid has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 36 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Email On Acid 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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36 reviews
2.0
Sep 16, 2017
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Pros

The people are excellent. Every department is staffed with incredibly talented people who come up with creative ways to work with each other to get their jobs done. The dev manager is a great manager who shields devs from as much of the storm from above as he can while supporting and encouraging professional development.

Cons

All of the cons come down to empowerment. The CEO refuses to give up control of even the most trivial decisions and further cannot articulate what he wants. There are always excuses made as to why now isn't the right time to let anyone else have authority. Every department must get approval from the CEO for some routine tasks.

1.0
Mar 5, 2021

RUN do not walk way from this toxic company

Anonymous employee
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Pros

* With a 50%+ turn over rate you always get to meet new people! * You will NEVER forget who the CEO is, because he talks about his title at every single meeting at least like 100 times * You will never develop a big ego, because you will always be told how bad you are at your job and the many, many ways you could improve * With years and years of bad reviews all saying the same thing you know that this company is dedicated to being consistent! * You will save a ton of money on vacations, because getting one approved takes an act of Congress at this company

Cons

* Insane turnover rate.. Over half the exec staff has quit in the past six months, and they fired or drove out EVERY single person on the marketing team late last year. The department literally had to be built again from scratch. * Micromanagement to the Nth degree: The owner feels he knows how to do everyone's job much, much better than they could. He is happy on a moment's notice to issue heavy handed directives on how things should be done, and he isn't afraid to let you and everyone else know how superior he is. * The Gallup poll scores are horrible, and management blames the employees for it instead of doing anything to address the toxic environment that has destroyed morale * Fake reviews on Glassdoor to bump up their scores * While the owner is taking draws and sucking money out of the company he quibbles over even the most minor expenses to help people do their jobs * Salaries across the board are lower than industry norms * You better love wearing lots of different hats, because you will be loaded up to the breaking point with work * Overall just a horrible, negative, and toxic place to work. Everyone I know there is looking for a new job.

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Email On Acid Response
5y
Thank you for your honest feedback. I sincerely apologize that you did not have a positive experience with us at Email on Acid. That is certainly not the outcome that any of us want to hear from former colleagues. You are correct in that we are experiencing a temporary employee retention issue. Our employee turnover is due to both voluntary and involuntary departures. We have made some significant changes in our culture over the past couple years and that can sometimes be disruptive. Not everyone is going to like or agree to the changes that are being made which is perfectly understandable. I certainly don't want, or expect, anyone to work at an organization in which they are not happy or don't feel successful. We are certainly not a perfect organization nor am I a perfect CEO. I will make mistakes. My promise and commitment to my teammates is that I will always be accountable for them, own them, and put 110% into learning and growing from those mistakes. Thanks again for your comments and feedback.
1.0
Mar 29, 2020

Toxic environment

Anonymous employee
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Pros

If you're new to the tech industry, this could be a decent place to gain some quick experience

Cons

The owner/CEO (John) is heavily involved in day-to-day operations and tends to foster a toxic work environment with employees pitted against each other. John is ultimately interested in his ‘vision’ and will fight the most logical, data-driven suggestions for improvement to the product/company. With so many great tech companies in the Denver area, there isn’t much of a reason to consider this one.

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