- Expensive health insurance. A family plan will cost between 7K - 12K / year with ~$4K deductible. The company covers basic healthcare for the employee but the overall cost is still much, much higher than at other companies
- No 401K or retirement plans
- No room for growth or advancement until the team gets much much larger. Whatever you're hired to do, you'll continue doing as long as you're at this job.
- Low number of company holidays compared to other companies
- No sick leave
- Constant pressure to perform. Daily reporting to management required on your performance / accomplishments the day before.
- Expect to get micromanaged and be judged and critiqued by peers and management
- Company hasn't established product/market fit
- Human resources is outsourced.
- Everyone at the company is an employee of the human resources company, not of Root.
- No job security. The whole company has a very near-term mentality. Anyone can be dismissed at any time for any (or no) reason. This is NOT a company that you will retire from.
- The office space is well-intended but lacks privacy (only one bathroom, open office).
- Parking is difficult. Everyone parks in the parking deck, but it fills up by mid-morning.
- Poor work/life balance. Expect to work long hours, nights & weekends.
