Splash has areas of improvement, but they're making the right moves!
Pros
- Really nice people and passionate about the mission... you learn a lot from the people who have a wealth of knowledge in the fintech/lending space - Leadership team seem to really do the right thing (low tolerance for toxic behavior or poor managers) - Super transparent and high acknowledgement+ownership of areas that need to be improved - Have loved the teams I've worked with/on It's a Series B startup. At this stage, it's expected that there is a lot of work to do in building the foundational elements that make a company a great place to work in areas that include technology, structure/process, culture etc. You can't expect a Series B company to be perfect, so I've enjoyed that the people I get to work with at Splash are absolute builders. It's inspiring to and energizing to spend meetings jamming out and workshopping something, and ACTUALLY getting an output. No red tape and there is a lot of room for innovation. You need that kind of startup mentality and desire to make an impact to be here (vs being a cog in a machine at a larger late stage or public company) so it's definitely not for everyone, especially those who expect things to be already built out and have only complaints vs desire to take action. It is important to note that Splash has gone through a lot of change recently, including a RIF early in 2022 due to impending economic recession (definitely planned ahead of all the other big tech layoffs that happened at the end of 2022). However, it seems that the leadership team is creating a strong roadmap for the org with a ton of intentionality, i.e. bringing on an entirely new HR/People Team to support in rebuilding process and programs that impact the employee experience, focusing on key product feature developments and new offerings to drive business, and offering even more transparency in their decisions. Overall, it seems like Splash continues to be on the right track despite the macro factors that impact it.
Cons
- Diversity at Splash needs work. It's Cleveland-based startup but now that it is fully remote, there is more opportunity to stretch their diversity strategy which I believe is being addressed by the new HR/People Team they've hired - Being fully remote now has its challenges in building connection/community... I think this is less of a Splash thing and more of a post-COVID all-companies thing - Needs more structure and process that is consistent. Being a scrappy startup was fine before as one of the best parts about Splash is also the high levels of autonomy given... but if we are to continue maturing as a company (get more rounds of funding, and grow/scale, etc) everyone needs to be onboard with being more structure/process/consistent focused so we can better measure data