Kelvin reviews

3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(57 total reviews)
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Peter Harding

62% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Kelvin has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 57 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Kelvin 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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57 reviews
1.0
May 29, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible hours as long as your work gets done. CTO is an amazing person to work with, however if you don't work with him or on the Design team it is an unnecessarily stressful environment.

Cons

There is severe disconnect between sales and those that deliver the product to the customer. Sales doesn't come from high tech, is inexperienced with technology, and thus often sets crazy deadlines that push everyone to work crazy hours. The CEO will argue circles around you and is never wrong, so don't bother. Great talker, terrible listener. This makes it difficult to share ideas and grow as a company. Regular explosions of rage from a certain top manager both in the office and on vid calls. It has been witnessed by all, and his tantrums are tolerated/ignored as there is a close relationship between he and the CEO. I see others have reviewed to the same effect. Information is used like a weapon at Kelvin and there is a severe lack of transparency about client dealings or financials. They struggle to establish process as they lack in management skills.

1.0
Apr 15, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great location in SF, good opportunity to work on IoT, SaaS, climate and other buzzy topics

Cons

Horrendous management, CEO is a narcissist and the employees are always at risk of being fired. The product direction changes every month and leaves everyone confused.

2.0
Mar 25, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Office was pretty laid back while I was around. I enjoyed working with the people I worked with.

Cons

Goals changed radically from month to month, and the company was (and seems to still be) very financially unstable. It seems pretty hypocritical to talk about how the company is a huge family the week of Thanksgiving, then lay off a third of the company the next Monday after people returned after the holiday.

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