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2.9

43% would recommend to a friend

(18 total reviews)

Kevin Bombino

41% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

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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.

5.0
Jul 17, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I have worked at Actionverb for about 7 months now, and I have to say I love the culture here. The people I work with are some of the brightest and best at what they do and it shows. I previously came from a remote position in the health sector and the attention to detail as it pertains to forming a well functioning and efficient team of remote workers is remarkable. Team members support each other and roles are clearly defined for employees leaving little to be confused about. Team meetings function quickly and efficiently unlike previous orgs where time is wasted in disorganized meeting formats. They seem to go above and beyond to make sure we have the tools and resources needed to complete our tasks (ex: they have dumped a massive sign on bonus into new employees to make sure they have what they need, I used this to purchase a new macbook pro). They invest in providing top tier working experiences for staff, like sending everyone to a really cool city to work together once a quarter. So far the company has afforded me the ability to work while traveling to places I would have never visited otherwise. There is a lot of wiggle room around crafting out processes and helping to shape the future of the company. They recently added a benefits package that incentivizes employees who are with the company for long periods of time which adds a lot of value to the time spent here. Each customer use case is a bit different which provides a level of learning you're not going to find other places. One day I might be solving an automation workflow for a famous clothing company, the next day I may be working with a professional sports team or the head of IT at a leading financial services firm. It keeps you on your toes, but more importantly it teaches you something new and complex daily that you can use to further your understanding and embolden your skills. Also communication is a huge winner at this company. We constantly stay connected via slack and video conferencing. Everything is really open and public which provides for a level of engagement from all teams that I believe really helps streamline the best ideas moving forward. Collective analysis from the entire company helps in keeping bad ideas at bay, and It's very rare that decisions are made that are not in interest of everyone as a whole. Lastly the company has been very good about keeping up standards not only on a product level but on an employee level as well. When you realize where your co-workers all came from industry and company wise you get a real sense that you're surrounded by smart people that will actually change the world, not just write about it.

Cons

Get more bacon on the breakfast buffet for company meet ups ;)

1.0
May 16, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Mildly interesting project, decent pay and benefits.

Cons

The CEO is by far the worst thing at this company. His narcissism and insecurities make working with him impossible. Any sort of individualism, or constructive collaboration is swiftly and harshly discouraged. His way, or the high way. Your past experiences mean absolutely nothing, you're simply a puppet to do what you're told, how you're told to do it. Anything outside of that is considered "picking a fight" or "being difficult".

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