Does Bolt Threads pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Bolt Threads employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Bolt Threads. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Bolt Threads?

63% of Bolt Threads employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Bolt Threads 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Bolt Threads?

Scientist (5) , Research Associate (4)

What are the pros of working at Bolt Threads according to real employee reviews?

"Good Benefits" ((in 3 reviews))

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Bolt Threads Reviews

3.6

63% would recommend to a friend

(29 total reviews)

Dan Widmaier

62% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Culture and values

3.6

Work/Life balance

3.2

Senior management

3.2

Career opportunities

3.0

Diversity and inclusion

Bolt Threads has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 29 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Bolt Threads employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

Reviews by job title

29 reviews

2.0

23 Mar 2022

Unfair distribution of work

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Recognition of high performance that becomes worthless because of the con

Cons

Ignore underperformance, expecting high performers to cover the underperformers' jobs which is frustrating

3.0

19 Mar 2022

The good, the bad and the ugly

Researcher

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

The company used to provide valuable leadership and communication training to ALL employees. At times, work can be exciting and mentally rewarding. Active encouragement of feedback culture was very common and frequently reminded by executives. Play your cards right and you can get promoted very quickly.

Cons

For such a small company, there is huge hierarchy. There are VPs and directors which have little to no apparent contribution, and would occasionally act as obstacles to progress. Folks would go out of their way to sabotage progress if they couldn't stamp their name as the main contributor. This gets worse when collaborating outside your immediate team. The feedback culture only goes one way, feedback given from top to bottom and not both ways, rendering it ineffectual.

1.0

31 May 2021

Predatory Employer

Operations

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Some nice people lower down in the company and they used to throw some fun events.

Cons

Exploitative towards their employees, you will be underpayed and undervalued. Policies are enforced inconsistently and certain groups are treated far better than others. Management are poor communicators and poor planners. Expectations are always to work more hours than stated. Furloughed a large chunk of the company for two months and then laid them off, all during the pandemic.

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