Read this review. It’s all you need to know. - Anonymous employee TribalScale Employee Review

1.0
Apr 1, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Incredible people to work with. Smart people, nice people and great benefits ! Good pay in my opinion, exposure to big brands.

Cons

Please read this carefully because there is no lie in what I’m about to share with you. The founders are not experienced to run a company, (if you want to fact check me, look up the CEO, and CIO on LinkedIn and you tell me if their background aligns with those titles. CEO was a sales rep, CIO in VC) they are 100% in my opinion in this business for the vanity of a tech company and to become very wealthy by means I can’t go into here—they don’t know how to run a company and from the looks of it they interfere with the leadership they put in place to lead (President, COO etc). This is a shame because the people that work here rely on the decisions this company makes for their livelihood. If you work here, do not expect a tech startup vibe. They are extremely strict on hours as if you work for the county, or bank. The employees that do work here are leaving in droves (again, leverage LinkedIn to see how many people have TribalScale as a previous employer in just the last 12 months, and remember this is a 3 year old startup). About 1 year ago I saw layoffs. About 1 month ago I saw them again, there was a massive layoff of about 40 people. (Do the math. 200 people, minus 15 people in leadership...40 is a lot) you can say layoffs are normal at startups all you want but the way they handled it was cruel. People are resigning every week. Why you ask? Because no one trusts or likes leadership. There was an internal survey conducted, high marks to direct managers and peers, poor scores to senior leadership and founders, 1/10 rating on would you recommend TribalScale. (With that being said from the inside, you HAVE to doubt the rating on Glassdoor, it HAS to be marketing) Last Con isn’t really a con- Lori is a stunning leader. She’s in fact the only leader there, but she’s only one person. Majority of the clients are old relationships not net new which makes the tantamount of favors which WILL dry up. Just my .2 cents.

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TribalScale Response
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Thank you for you feedback. Do know that our leadership team comes with extensive backgrounds in their respective fields. They have created a company from just a handful of employees and with a big vision to the great company that TribalScale is today. We listened to our employees through regular company feedback surveys and 1:1s and flexible time was one of the biggest concerns that were raised. We recently cut the hours down, and made them flex-time for our employee to truly create that work-life balance. We are continuously working to provide our employees and our clients with a better experience, however with change comes pain and we are doing our best to smooth out those bumps.

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