Next Unicorn - Anonymous Focal Systems Employee Review

I joined this company about 2 years ago and I was a bit skeptical given the early stage of it, and how small the company was. Best choice I have made in my career. This company is on a tear. Since I joined, I think we have grown 4x every year? Its crazy. I love it. Love the energy and the people. More so I love being an important part of an important company with a compelling vision and a great mission. Lower the cost of living for all mankind. It resonates with me. I am very happy with my decision to join.

Its hard work for sure like any startup that is growing 4x per year I would say. I would not expect a 9-5. For me, I get energized by it though. I am excited for the chance to build a company and a product that is a category defining company.

My manager at the time didn’t breathe down my neck and the work wasn’t very difficult. You were paid for travel time and miles driven to each job site.

The job location kept changing every few days going to every ShopRite in the area. You are on your feet 100% of the time when you’re working. They got my pay wrong on multiple occasions and did nothing to truly rectify the issue. The issue was so bad that the payroll coordinator quit because of all the requests for changes. You would have to drive to every job site with your own vehicle and sometimes you wouldn’t know until a day before. It was never told to me that the job was temporary. Once we finished the jobs at ShopRites in the general Tri-State area I was unceremoniously laid off without my knowledge while promises of more work were made by my manager. Once we were finishing up the list of stores and we were told that there would be no more work we became unmotivated to continue but my manager lied to us saying there would be maintenance work available after but there was none. They called 2 weeks after the last job to let me know I was laid off.