ClearObject Reviews

3.9

74% would recommend to a friend

(21 total reviews)

71% positive business outlook

ClearObject has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 21 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The ClearObject employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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21 reviews
1.0
23 July 2020

Ask any employee why we called it ClearFraudject

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Was an incredible company to work for years ago. .... before the leadership change and the acquisition. Really good at appearing bigger and better than they actually are.

Cons

Large Layoffs happen about every 6 months. Rotating door for leadership. They treat HR directors like the flavor or the week. In fact, HR directors quit nearly every year because they can’t believe some of the things the “leadership” team asks them to do. This recent round of layoffs was“due to covid”, but the top 4 execs gave themselves heavy 20% bonuses retro-paid from January and have taken lengthy tropical vacations while the few employees that do remain were required to take 20% pay cuts. Introduced 401K after employees pleaded for it for nearly 10 years , then cancelled it 4 weeks after announcing it as a new benefit! The president likes to hire Orr Fellows and students fresh out of college specifically because they are “cheap”, only to lay them off in the middle of their internships and fellowships. This happened multiple times while I was employed there. They fired two employees while on unpaid maternity/paternity leave , an employee after having a stroke, and others for various medical needs. If you have any significant reason for taking more than a week off of work, be ready to get fired. The unlimited PTO only really applies towards the executive team and the product owner. Hanging onto their partnerships with IBM and Google Cloud by a thread. Once those snap, this company is done for. No proprietary tools or services. Could be crushed by a competitor with one strategic customer loss. Strategy for the company changes each week because they literally don’t know what to do to save the company. Current owners of the company (private equity from the east coast) even want out. They have sent multiple “residents” and “advisors” and they all subsequently leave after determining they can’t save/fix the mess that the president and his VPs have made. They even tried suing the company they purchased, hoping to recuperate some of the money they gave towards the purchase. ClearObject is the red headed step child of their venture portfolios.

1.0
24 June 2020
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Pros

HQ location in a good spot. Salary and medical insurance mid tier to good. Relaxed dress code. Ability to work remote occasionally.

Cons

When I first started at this company, my job function from what I applied changed my first day. This did not seem to be uncommon for new employees. When I was hired, everyone had grand ideas and the culture was very "hands on your back." As time went on, the company laughably had a reorg every 6 months. They couldn't find people that had experience in what they needed so they'd just shift people around until they couldn't take or hack it anymore. The company NEVER hired or promoted from within, rather taking the cheapest, most inexperienced person to fill spots. Jobs were never even posted internally! Further, this company works you to the bone, and then takes the bone marrow from you and offers you a cheap t-shirt as a thanks for having 3 hours of sleep on a several day project, using up all your weekend days in addition to a full++ work week for MONTHS on end while forcing you to track every minute of your time to see if you're expendable. They dangle $100 per quarter bonuses if the company meets sales goals and you meet your obscene goals. They literally had hand fireworks to finally offer a 401k match of 50% of the first 4%, but then dissolved the program after two months. They fired two employees that gave birth to children within days of the child's birth. Having a mass layoff once a year was also not uncommon because the company has no direction on what they want to do nor the headcount to get it done. The PE firm that acquired the company then turned around and sued the former leadership team for lying about financials; how comedic is that? Once COVID-19 hit, the financial straights the company was already in plus the loss of business starting March 2020 was so drastic that they've eliminated entire departments and currently run on a skeleton crew, but who knows for how long. Worth noting - No HR director has ever been employed longer than 2 years in the time I was employed.

1.0
30 June 2021

Stay far away.

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Pros

There were always plenty of snacks in the office. That's about it for pros.

Cons

Regular mass layoffs. Inconsistent work culture and clear favoritism, meaning one half of the office got to go as far as napping at work. The other half, though told there was unlimited PTO and flex hours would get in trouble for taking time off to see family or utilize these "flex hours". Worse yet, they don't discuss this with you and instead just threaten to fire you. Then they take 2 hour lunches with their favorite team members after threatening to fire you. Team leads are wildly unprofessional. One told a team member that another team member must have a learning disorder when the real issue at hand was that that manager didn't ever communicate time lines or offer guidelines for roles at all.

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