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4.5

92% would recommend to a friend

(15 total reviews)
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Sameer Dholakia

97% approve of CEO

88% positive business outlook

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4.0
Nov 14, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

I haven't thought much of the companies I've worked for in the past, mainly due to the actual "company" sitting in a high tower over its employees. It is the complete opposite here at SendGrid. The transparency from the leadership team is incredible and the same happens at all levels of management. You hear about the struggles, the successes, the goals...everything is brought to the table, which in turn really helps you understand how you are contributing to the companies success as an employee. The people here are awesome and truly want you to succeed in your role no matter what background you come from; having a supportive group of talented individuals around you is rare these days in such a competitive industry. The technologies/languages you get to work with are diverse and the engineering department is starting to favor the micro service oriented architecture, which in my opinion really encourages personal development as you get to work in different tech stacks. Lastly, the perks and benefits are great. I have never worked at a company that was as flexible in terms of work/life balance as this one. The commonly mentioned 4 H's (humble, honest, hungry, happy) really have maintained their presence here at SendGrid all these years.

Cons

The pay scale which is somewhat below average, but it's hard to persistently complain about this when the perks are great and the culture makes you feel like you're part of one big family.

5.0
Nov 2, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-- Profitable company with solid growth ahead of it. SendGrid is a world leader in transactional email - receipts, forgot password, etc. We just released a brand-new product to target marketers, which is a higher-volume segment of the total email market, as well as a specialty product for marketing automation (which we expect to pick up speed very fast, as more marketers demand triggered emails for things like shopping cart abandonment or new signups). As a result, they're able to offer excellent perks to employees, and options stand to be valuable in the near term. -- SendGrid has figured out how to make distributed teams work. We can hire in any of the four major offices, then collaborate over a distance. -- I'm working with about 300 friendly and helpful coworkers as of this review. Employees really do "walk the walk" of the company's values: hungry, humble, honest, and happy. It's been a pleasure working with my team, and I really appreciate the transparency shown to employees by upper management. -- Sameer - the current CEO - and the co-founders are all smart, warm, and personable. Senior management hires great people and trusts them to get the job done.

Cons

Salaries are finally catching up to market, but they weren't always that way. Early employees don't seem to get many chances for advancement, and mid-level management (generally hired from outside) feels a bit green at times. It's a tricky balance; we need experienced managers, but we also need to reward the people who helped build with opportunities for professional development. This is probably a natural problem for a mid-stage company like ours to have.

4.0
Oct 3, 2015

Outstanding Product Market Fit & Lack of Ambition

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits are above average Culture Starting to expand it's presence in Silicon Valley (via Redwood City and SF) TAM is pretty large and challenges are interesting / unique Not positioned to become a $FB, $TWTR or $GOOG, but can still generate a great outcome Stable Company, millions in revenue with a clear path to profitability (not a startup anymore) Possible opportunities for growth given the recent CEO change Great new CFO / COO that is cleaning up the house in a great way Work / Life balance is great

Cons

Lack of ambition of the company as a whole Salary structure seems to be extremely different on a person to person basis High School like drama with certain teams Business culture that explicitly hides the negative topics / data HR is just operations for people, not true human resources. Lacks a brave leader. No race diversity across every level of the business Options plan are extremely segmented with either fantastic packages or artificial options with ridiculous vesting schedules

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