Good people to work with, but bad management - Anonymous employee Alpaca Employee Review

2.0
Oct 27, 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Very bright, and fun people to work with. - Good projects. - Interesting technology.

Cons

- The HR sucks, or even worse, it doesn't exist. - There's no career progression whatsoever. There were some false hopes of a review process implementation to enable that, however, in the end, it seems that they were lying all along. - The company simply doesn't know which direction it'd like to follow. To simply put, they don't have any focus on which thing they'd like to improve. In the end, layoffs happens because of that. And beware, this happens frequently, consider this a fair warning.

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5.0
Nov 26, 2025
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Pros

A culture like this means people learn fast, fix weaknesses quickly, and do not cling to ego or past decisions. Speed matters because slow teams lose opportunities and waste resources. Quality matters because sloppy output multiplies long term cost. Output driven means ideas and talk mean nothing unless they convert into real value. Growth mindset ties all of this together because without it people resist feedback, avoid discomfort, and drag down the team.

Cons

Growth mindset demands constant self scrutiny.

3.0
Jun 17, 2026
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Pros

Smart people, interesting product, ambitious goals

Cons

Disorganized, unclear process, hard to set long term goals

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