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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
5.0
Mar 21, 2017

Great culture here and love it

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Pros

Great company. I like the culture here, always have a chance to improve myself and people are nice here. Good work/life balance.

Cons

hmmm it's hard to say.... maybe the location is at the LA downtown so the traffic here is awful...

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Oblong Industries Response
9y
It is always exciting to get such positive feedback that affirms the environment we are trying to build here. Great to see that you love working here, enjoy the culture, and that your work/life balance is good! On the traffic here in DTLA, we hope our centralized office location, access to the Little Tokyo/Arts District Metro Station, and the flexible work schedule all help to make your commute at least a little more manageable!
5.0
Jan 9, 2017

Best Place I've Ever Worked

Anonymous employee
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Pros

I was a little nervous coming in having never worked at a startup before, but I've been impressed with the quality of the people, the product, and oval company structure. Really good balance between agility and stability, as well as between fun and professionalism.

Cons

Working for a startup is a real commitment of time and energy, so it's not for the faint of heart.

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Oblong Industries Response
9y
So glad to hear that you are happy about your decision to join Oblong and are enjoying working at a startup! Also appreciate your feedback on maintaining the quality of our hires moving forward. This is important to us as well. We’re committed to making continuous progress and are very excited for what’s to come in 2017!
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!
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