OwnLocal reviews

3.9

71% would recommend to a friend

(56 total reviews)

Lloyd W. Armbrust

74% approve of CEO

77% positive business outlook

OwnLocal has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 56 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The OwnLocal 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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56 reviews
2.0
Jan 18, 2018

Poor engineering morale

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Pros

- You're surrounded by smart people. - Benefits are great (100% paid healthcare, free lunch, free Starbucks), but don't mistake perks as culture.

Cons

- In 2017 the leadership made many decisions that have felt unfair to engineering and engineers have been punished for decisions that were made by people who are no longer here. - Because of all the pivoting, it's hard to feel accomplished by your work. - Career growth is reserved for people who are friends with the CEO. - Six engineers have left the company in the past three months. To put that in perspective, they started 2017 with 20 engineers, went down to 10 in July after layoffs, and haven't hired any engineers since. They're simply unable to maintain the volume and speed of work that product management and leadership request.

5.0
Jan 17, 2018

What I Always Wanted

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Pros

The culture and environment of OwnLocal is what I have always been searching for in my career. This truly is a place where once you are hired, you are trusted to perform your job well, and to do your best work! Because of this, there's little to no micromanaging. There's just not a need for it. Everyone who works here has a strong work-ethic, and while collaboration is not always perfect anywhere, the employees at OwnLocal really do listen to, and respect one another. I have never worked with such funny, quirky, and outright pleasant people before in my life (and this includes management)! Plus, the company benefits make being at work that much easier. There's 100% paid medical insurance, free Starbucks every day, free lunch every day, a fully-stocked kitchen with tons of snacks, drinks, beer and wine, and bus transportation reimbursement. The company parties and outings are always amazing, and the employees actually like hanging out with one another outside of work. I would definitely recommend working here!

Cons

I can't complain about getting free lunch every day, but for what it's worth, I do miss having our old caterers here everyday. They were awesome!!

4.0
Nov 24, 2017

Data entry

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Pros

Very easy to get setup and handle daily tasks. Payroll system was efficient and feedback was dealt ina timely manner

Cons

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