Nice company, but an absolute hot mess - Anonymous employee Tempus AI Employee Review

2.0
Aug 2, 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Location is AMAZING. Office is a super cool space. Colleagues are brilliant. Could not have a better mission.

Cons

As everyone here correctly notes, managment at this company is atrocious. Obne of the reasons for it being so atrocious is that there is just so much of it. 3% of this company are "vice-presidents" or "Directors." On the org chart, some of these directors don't even have any direct reports, and their mandate is unclear at best. This leads to a bunch of useless managers who trying to create a justification for themselves by constantly poaching territory and responsibilities from each other. Its a disaster. It also seems to be an intentional policy to hire bright-eyed idealists straight out of college, take advantage of their good natures to wring as many labor units out of them as possible, then discard the dessicated husk after 1 year. It happens for junior positions both on the lab and data sides and can't be a coincidence.

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

As mentioned work is great since it is cancer research and my coworkers are amazing. Immediate leadership managers and Sr. managers are good as well but somewhat unorganised. Work life balance is good also and health insurance as long as you get BCBS PPO with copay otherwise you're screwed paying off deductible.

Cons

Pay is below industry average, and there is essentially no room to negotiate a better raise. Employees are actively discouraged from discussing compensation, and whatever leadership decides is final, there are no exceptions. If you try to escalate concerns or request a conversation with senior leadership, such as a senior director or VP, you’ll quickly find yourself getting the runaround. Leadership prefers to hide behind layers of management rather than engage directly. There is also no clear or transparent path for career advancement. Opportunities technically exist, but they are extremely limited. You can do everything right, receive a top rating of 5 on your annual performance review, and still not be promoted to manager or see any meaningful improvement in compensation. To make matters worse, the billionaire CEO and founder has said things like, “Don’t worry about pay because we’re curing cancer.” Statements like that feel incredibly out of touch when employees are earning $50k–$60k a year and receiving annual raises of only about $2,000. On top of that, equity is almost impossible to obtain. You have to fight for even the possibility of it, because stock or equity compensation is reserved almost exclusively for the C-suite and directors, with virtually nothing available for employees below that level.

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