Bolt Reviews

2.8

33% would recommend to a friend

(256 total reviews)
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Ryan Breslow

24% approve of CEO

30% positive business outlook

Bolt has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 256 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Bolt employee rating is 27% below average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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256 reviews
3.0
16 May 2019

Weird Vibe

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Pros

-startup -fun, young atmosphere -company buys lunch every day -very cool product, exciting value prop

Cons

-elitist and judgmental -The company is very young. The people are smart, but there's a huge lack of life and career experience -Not sure if they still do it, but when I was there they would post an announcement in slack every time a person was termed, to publicly announce why that person wasn't good enough and is no longer there, and to remind everyone of what they shouldn't do (felt like bullying) -They emphasize hiring for culture, but fail to recognize that diversity exists beyond people looking differently or coming from a variety of demographics, but actually encompasses the ability to think differently too. They are at risk of hiring a bunch of people who all think the same way, which sadly kills diversity.

1.0
28 May 2022

You can not trust this Sr. Leadership team

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Full of cash with the latest rounds of funding. Really enjoyed most of the people I worked with. Enjoyed 4-day workweek. Was a thrill ride for a short while.

Cons

Sr. Leadership is in way in over their heads. Knee jerk reactions and fire drills every week. No 401k match. Stock options that aren't liquid.

2.0
16 Dec 2019

The sad truth of Bolt...

Anonymous employee
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Pros

-good perks and benefits -opportunity to take on big projects and learn a lot -Bolt has been able to attract some phenomenal talent -Dogs

Cons

-very young founder who really doesn’t know what he’s doing (he surrounds himself with young leaders too) -they laid off a bunch of people and carried on like nothing happened (had a 2020 “get everyone pumped” meeting the next day. Yes, it was awkward) -they allow toxic and underperforming people stay at the company because they just don’t want to deal with it (these people have questionable relationships with upper leadership) -the loudest voice in the room wins type of environment -diversity is a huge problem and they’re not even trying to fix it (a lot of white males making all of the decisions) -when someone gets fired, they tell the entire company via slack and talk about how that person isn’t “bolt caliber”, followed by the hand clapping emoji -known for setting people up to fail -Wouldn’t be surprised if SLC team is wiped out, followed by NY (there’s been talk for months)

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Bolt Response
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Ryan from Bolt here. I appreciate you sharing your thoughts with us. We take feedback very seriously here at Bolt. We realized this year that our customer demand and product market fit was something that most organizations can only dream of. We grew very fast from 30 to 150+ employees, tripled our revenue, and doubled our customer base. Because of these outstanding metrics, we’ve managed to attract top Leadership and Executives from companies such as Box, Uber, SoFi, Facebook, Google, Square, Braintree, and PayPal over the last few months. We could not be more excited about and confident in our Executive Team to take us through our next phase(s) of growth. For further feedback, we encourage you to speak directly with me, your manager, and/or People Ops (in either SLC or SF) about the issues you are seeing so we can get ahead of them. We have created an environment of writing over talking so that the loudest voice in the room does not win.
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