Grabango reviews

3.5

56% would recommend to a friend

(50 total reviews)
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Will Glaser

64% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

Grabango has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 50 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Grabango employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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50 reviews
5.0
Oct 22, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-successful commercial launch -top talent engineers -leadership office hours for entire company to attend (transparency!) -People Operations launched learning and development programs, DEI initiatives, and employee resource groups. -inclusive product (constantly being talked about on how it can improve) -career path conversations and growth opportunities - put safety and health of employees first when moving into a pandemic (WFH)

Cons

- fast-paced environment (not for everyone)

2.0
Oct 15, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- (Rationed) snacks, Nespresso machine... - Interesting, diverse group of coworkers from all over the Bay and the world. - Unmonitored break time - Ability to read, draw, or listen to music at your desk while working.

Cons

- Lower-than-average wages for similar data quality/entry jobs throughout the Bay Area. - No ‘perks’ for non-salaried positions. - Strict limits on amount of hours allowed per week (24). - No organization in workflow, employees were constantly having to contact people in various parts of the company to find their work for the day. - Employees routinely made to do work that was outside of their position (manual labor, in-store tests, meetings, running trainings, etc.) with no additional compensation. - Routinely required to complete data work in a strict amount of time so that investors would think a computer program had done it. - Quality Trainers regularly censored in Slack channels. - Opposed unionization using captive meetings and encouraging a hostile work environment; used COVID as an excuse to lay off Quality Training department after they unionized. - Repeatedly refused to comply to California law in providing gender-neutral restrooms, eventually several employees changed the signs themselves. - Several people were fired for policies which were not in effect at the time the supposed infractions occurred. - Emotional manipulation and blatant lies from management on a daily basis; for instance, the day before a furlough, we were given a pep talk on how we shouldn’t worry about our jobs being put in jeopardy by Amazon stores launching. - “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Working Group” prevented at every turn from making any changes in the company; essentially were a focus group on company policy for higher-ups.

1.0
Oct 8, 2020

Exploitative!

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Snacks and coffee and large windows

Cons

Team was severely mismanaged. Communication was lacking throughout the department and management fostered a hostile atmosphere between themselves and employees. The company took advantage of the Covid-19 crisis to "indefinitely" furlough a department that had begun the process of unionizing due to poor wages and exploitative culture. Grabango ultimately eliminated the entire department using Covid19 as an excuse. Steer clear or they will stifle and manipulate you out of a career better served elsewhere.

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