Downhill Fast - Designer Compass Employee Review

2.0
Nov 14, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pre-PIO salaries were competitive along with great benefits and a collaborative and exciting environment. - Gym stipends - Education budgets - Frequent team events and social events. - Great work/life balance - Great healtchare - Great managers and talented team members

Cons

Post-IPO: -Healthcare went from fully covered to paid monthly, with increasing costs year by year -No real raises beyond 1-2% even if high-achieving or promoted - Bonuses are all equity grants, no cash bonuses -Employees within a 45 minute commute to a 'hub' office are required to be in-office five days a week. If you don't live close to one, you are fully remote. -Drastic staffing cuts have deteriorated morale and work/life balance. Teams are slow to hire and turnover is high. -Zero top-level interest or focus on employees. -Zero budgets for even quarterly team-building events. -Zero creative budgets

Explore other reviews about Compass

5.0
Jun 17, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Forward thinking tech company exploring the cutting edge

Cons

Focused on expansion by any means necessary

2.0
Jun 17, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

People are smart. Very much a “move fast and break things” culture which can be refreshing compared to bureaucracy-heavy corporate life. I don’t agree with their values (if they have any) but what they’re doing is unquestionably working - business outlook is strong.

Cons

Leadership will tell you there’s no ego or self-interest involved in their strategy - that is untrue. It’s an extremely heliocentric culture around the CEO. A lot of the work is based around what people they're guessing he’ll like, but there’s no alignment at the outset and something you worked on for weeks/months will be trashed after one look from him. Their mission is ostensibly about empowering agents but they are solving a problem that pretty much no one was complaining about before they started, and which just so happens to work highly in their favor in terms of market share. It’s just business but very disingenuous- don’t believe the hype that it’s altruistic somehow. Also the CEO loves to share his sob story about his single mother upbringing, but simultaneously enacts some of the most anti-parent policies you could think of.

See reviews by: Helpful|Rating|Date|All