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Oblong Industries reviews

3.8

65% would recommend to a friend

(39 total reviews)

John Underkoffler

100% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Oblong Industries has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 39 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Oblong Industries 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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39 reviews
1.0
Apr 10, 2016

I'm Out

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Company isn't quite broke--yet! The business is not sustainable.

Cons

Basically everything about the company, other than the CEO.

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Oblong Industries Response
9y
Thank you for taking the time to leave your feedback. We are glad that you have a good impression of our CEO, John. We work really hard to create an environment that is positive and supportive for our employees. I’m sorry to hear that this was not your experience. Our sales leadership, like all of our managers, constantly strives to improve his/her departments and to make Oblong a great place to work. Overall, Oblong has made great strides toward ensuring our sustainability and growth. 2017 is on track to be a great year with the release of our new wands, a smaller form factor of Mezzanine, and expansion into new territories.
3.0
Feb 8, 2016
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Pros

- worked with talented, smart designers and engineers - solved challenging new design problems - creativity and imagination werehighly appreciated - hip location in LA's Arts District - culture was hard-working, but not soul-suckin and work/life balance was attainable - CEO is very admirable, innovative. I didn't feel burdened by his politics in the way that some have mentioned.

Cons

- company was too divided in its technology use cases, especially for being so small - round of layoffs happened suddenly and devastatingly for some

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Oblong Industries Response
9y
Thank you for taking time to share your insights. I’m glad to hear your feedback on your coworkers being very talented designers and engineers. We do value creativity, imagination, and hard-work while recognizing the importance of work/life balance. I’m glad you found that to be the case while working with us. I would add that a lot has changed over the past few years! While we’ve held on to the values you mentioned, we’ve come a long way since the round of layoffs we had several years ago. We have added key and very talented leaders that have guided and delivered outstanding business results, which recently resulted in Oblong closing a $65 million dollar funding round. We are very excited about 2017 and what’s to come!
4.0
Feb 9, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

John Underkoffler is a very good person. He has created a unique company. There is respect ambition and great work being done. There is a lot of talent in Sales Finance and Development.

Cons

The accusation of nepotism from another review is somewhat true. Top leadership positions are occupied by old friends of the CEO and they are not great for their jobs (COO, Business Development, CS) which is unfortunate. The design team is getting better and learning from mistakes but could make less mistakes with a more experienced leader.

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Oblong Industries Response
9y
I recognize that this post was made a while ago, but wanted to take a moment to thank you for your feedback, as well as share some updates. First, thanks for your kind words about John. He has indeed created a very unique company! I also appreciate your feedback regarding our leadership. We have made some exciting changes and have learned from our past challenges. I can honestly say that we have a stronger leadership team than ever before and are excited about what’s in store for the year ahead.
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