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      SingleStore

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      SingleStore reviews

      3.9

      71% would recommend to a friend

      (461 total reviews)
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      Raj Verma

      72% approve of CEO

      72% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.0

      Compensation and benefits

      3.9

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.9

      Work/Life balance

      3.8

      Culture & values

      3.8

      Career opportunities

      3.7

      Senior management

      SingleStore has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 461 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The SingleStore employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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      461 reviews
      3.0
      Jan 30, 2021

      talented team but heavy uncertainty

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Engineering talent is top notch, especially the senior talent that have been at the company for 5+ years. Lots to learn and take away from these people. - Core engine product is spectacular and very well developed. - Very few meetings and bureaucracy on the engineering side; you are given lots of time to focus on your work and learn.

      Cons

      - Very high turnover, even for a startup. Specifically for the cloud team, several managers and senior engineers were hired and let go within months. This is bad for team morale and young new graduates were often left with little guidance and confusion. - SRE's are extremely overworked at the moment. There are too few SRE's for the number of customers that need to be supported. - Promotions are difficult. There are very few promotions to give out, and it is unclear to employees what exactly needs to be done to get to the next level. - Lack of transparency. Engineering management and the CEO seem to send different messages. Engineering management seems to be more prudent/cautious on messaging related to company growth while the CEO sometimes gives long and convoluted answers to yes/no questions. It is hard for an engineer to understand exactly how well or how badly the company is doing. - Previously strong engineering culture has slowly been eroded by marketing and sales. The focus of the company at the moment is on selling and growth. As of now, most new features being built are attempts to see what sells and what does not.

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      SingleStore Response
      5y
      This is really great feedback. I'd like to address some of your concerns: - Folks hired and let go quickly. At a startup, when you hire people in leadership positions, it is critical that they be the right people for those roles. If that's not the case, companies need to move quickly. Our goal is to get it right the first time; if we don't, it is hard on everybody. - SREs are overworked. Yes, they are! We should be staffed to not need heroics, which is why we're growing the team. We have two new SREs starting soon, and we're hiring at least two more. - Eng leadership and CEO send different messages about company outlook. Startups are roller-coasters. CEOs like to talk about the peaks, managers have to navigate the troughs. That doesn't mean that either one is being misleading about the view from their seat. That said, seems like we should make sure our messages are aligned. - Promotions are hard. For a startup our size, we have a pretty well-defined ladder and promotion process. We clearly need better communication, however. For example, there are no promotion quotas or limits. - Strong engineering eroded by marketing and sales. The top companies in our space spend far more than we do in sales and marketing relative to their size. We should be able to scale up emphasis without eroding our engineering culture, but sounds like we could use some work here. Thanks again for the feedback.
      1.0
      Jan 29, 2021

      Not a Good Career Move

      Sales representative
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      There are great reference customers. The technology works and solves hard problems.

      Cons

      This is not a good place for sales reps looking to grow their careers OR to make money (not anymore, anyway). This is a "good old boys' club." The base pay and comp plan is not in line at all with other startups of this size. Top reps should be making more than $500k and no one is making anywhere near that. There is no visibility whatsoever into commission statements - there are no commission statements - so it is impossible to tell if you are getting paid correctly (if it is that hard to find out, you're probably not!). The sales cycle is extremely long, and you are not set up for success. Training is very minimal. The lack of communication is probably the worst thing, especially with everyone working from home. There is almost NO communication among the sales team. No one knows what anyone else is doing. No camaraderie, no feeling like you are part of something big. A very small handful of people made quota this year - almost no one is making money - and 75% of the reps have already quit. If you are looking for a growing, dynamic software company to add to your resume, I suggest you keep looking. This is not it. I got out in time and will not be exercising my options because I seriously doubt they will be worth much.

      5.0
      Jan 26, 2021

      Interesting work

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Lots of cool features being developed, supportive team and management.

      Cons

      As it's a startup, future has some uncertainty.

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