Ukrainian lies - Engineering Fiksu Employee Review

1.0
Jun 9, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Paycheck at most. Company owned by a corrupt PE firm that views sales and engineering as an ordinary function of business and assumes the same Ukrainian business practices, standards and compensation should be applied to US employees. Compensation plans are a moving target so good luck anticipating any benefit from providing value to a company that has extremely shady entities scattered throughout eastern Europe. Only source of generating revenue is through the sale of office furniture and various assets to cover their losses. There are amazing people that have kept this popsicle stand afloat and yet big brother Sputnik wants to collect his coins like Ebineezer Scrooge and go for the quick flip. If you are a US entity stay away from these shady investors who view the good day to day people as nothing more than ants. Take a deeper look at the dating site they operate throughout Europe if you truly want to get a sense for how this place is structured. As Liam Neeson said in "Taken," Good Luck.

Cons

Everything. Should be illegal for a company to accept customer investments to run marketing campaigns that are proven to NOT work. The product and service has completely flat lined and yet the company is being asked to do even more with a flat tire, blown engine and no steering wheel.

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2.0
Jan 29, 2019
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Pros

great people executing on the day to day, good learning experience,

Cons

The only thing more impressive than CEO Micah Adler's ego is his inability to run a successful company. What started out as a great pivot into mobile ad tech quickly became a playbook on how to make bad decisions. Despite having first mover advantage and a phenomenal front-line team, he singlehandedly managed to drive the company into the ground. To make matters worse, when he was offered a lifeline exit for significantly more than the company was worth, he refused to even enter discussions in an attempt to prove a point that he could have a larger exit than the previous companies he co-founded and was forcefully removed from because the boards determined he was incompetent. While everyone has their shortcomings, it became clear over the years that Micah took pleasure in negatively impacting the lives of those around him if it was to his gain, and he has consistently shown absolutely zero regard for anyone but himself. If, after reading this, you somehow choose to work for him, please feel free to respond in a couple years to validate this review and help others avoid the same mistake many others have already unfortunately made. I have worked with hundreds of CEO's in my career and can say without a doubt that Micah Adler is the absolute worst I have encountered in both competency and character and this is in no way a claim I would ever make lightly or consider stating "publicly" about anyone but him. Proceed at your own risk.

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