Work With Smart Driven People ... But You May Have To Manage Yourself - Team Lead Files.com Employee Review

5.0
Jul 17, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

High Salaries, Work From Home, a really high bar for hiring (none of your co-workers will make you go *arggggggggg*), and more transparency than a typical organization. A big focus on open source (both using open source code and participating in the community). Very fast development iterations and every developer can push code to production (after a code review and merge). Reasonable toolsets for development (Jenkins, Github, automated tests, eslint for linting, etc.) Senior Management are all coders themselves and understand the challenges of being a front-line engineer.

Cons

As a small company, not a lot of time at Action Verb is spent on leadership, mentorship, and "managing people." The company as it stands today is really built more for senior and high level people with relevant experience than for junior people who need a lot of hand holding. The company does seem to appreciate that this is a problem is actively working on improving this element. You may spend a fair amount of your time conducting interviews as well because the company is very actively hiring and growing. This should hopefully get better as more people join because they can spread out the interview load.

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Pros

Cool technology and great benefits

Cons

Disorganized and chaotic at times

2.0
May 31, 2026
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Pros

One of the biggest advantages of working here is the company’s commitment to maintaining and continuously improving its platform. The engineering team is highly responsive, consistently enhancing functionality, introducing new features, and resolving issues quickly to ensure a smooth experience for both employees and customers. The company also offers comprehensive benefits and decent PTO.

Cons

The biggest challenge I experienced was a lack of effective management and leadership support. Managers often appeared to have little authority to advocate for their teams or influence decisions that directly affected employees. It was common to hear that concerns were understood and even agreed with, but that nothing could be done because decisions had already been made at higher levels. Over time, this created an environment where employees felt unsupported and disconnected from the decision-making process. Leadership communication and organizational priorities often seemed to be driven by the preferences and mood of a single influential individual, whose presence extended across nearly every required communication channel. This made the work environment feel unpredictable and contributed to low morale. Ultimately, I chose to leave because I felt I lacked the guidance, advocacy, and leadership support needed to be successful and continue growing within the organization.

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