Hustle reviews

2.9

42% would recommend to a friend

(52 total reviews)

Steve Pease

57% approve of CEO

31% positive business outlook

Hustle has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 52 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Hustle employee rating is 25% below average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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52 reviews
1.0
Jan 12, 2019

Wasted Potential Due to Horrible Leadership

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Business Outlook

Pros

-Had the potential to create social impact -Good perks

Cons

This company had all of the makings to be a positive example for civic tech companies, but the deeply incompetent leadership ruined what was once a thriving startup. -POCs and women are not valued at the company. Don't let the diversity stats fool you. Exception of a small handful of people, the 48% of POCs held no leadership roles. -Pay inequity and uneven distribution of work between POC and white employees is rampant. POCs working more for less pay? Not a great look when you brag -The mass layoffs in November and January were totally avoidable. Employees pointed out problems in the business and product for months, but the CEO and his posse were too arrogant to care. OH and don't get me started on San Francisco's exorbitant spending habits. Kombucha on tap, fancy game machines, prime real estate office, and letting select "favored" employees spend reckessly on the company dime.

1.0
Jan 11, 2019

Lack of direction and experience

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Solid pay, cool office, diverse culture

Cons

An entire sales org was hired without any strategic direction and a majority of the sales org had not come in with much prior Saas experience - or at least Saas experience that was successful or scaling. The "Growth" department has the loudest voice in the decision making room but actually has no demonstrated success growing an organization - as many marketers are, they are very adept at shining the light on things that make then look successful, but often at the expense of others. Another red flag was their search for a Chief Revenue Officer - why are the big name investors not presenting candidates for this role? You are asking employees for referrals for a CRO role? They'll tell you that the ARR growth is massive when in reality very few people have an understanding of ARR and even fewer people have realized that you actually need to send invoices to receive payments. Operationally, this place is a mess. A top notch COO is needed to come in be the adult in the room even if that means sacrificing the culture somewhat, otherwise they'll run out of money inside of 12 months - hence the multiple rounds of layoffs. Beware the employee count on Linkedin is way off - 190 people as of today but I count 30 I know don't work there anymore and I wasn't around for the latest round of layoffs this week.

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