ElectroNeek Reviews

3.6

64% would recommend to a friend

(87 total reviews)
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Sergey Yudovskiy

61% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

ElectroNeek has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 87 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The ElectroNeek 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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87 reviews
5.0
19 Apr 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Lots of growth opportunities Amazing leadership Stock Options Competitive pay Totally remote -can work from anywhere

Cons

Normal start up challenges. You have to be able to deal with ambiguity Benefits aren't the best

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ElectroNeek Response
4y
Hello! Thank you very much for sharing your thoughts! We are extremely grateful that you have taken the time to write this review. Feedback is incredibly valuable in that it enables us to further develop and enhance those programs that are valuable for our employees. Our mission is to ensure we are providing a best-in-class employee experience; we are glad you are a part of our team, enjoying the experience, and helping to share the word!
1.0
23 Nov 2022
Recommend
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Pros

The only pro to working at this place was that I was paid. Luckily I never had any issues receiving my pay on time. I can only speak to MY experience in that regard. Other reviews have a different story.

Cons

Firstly there are no benefits. Having no benefits could work for some people but it doesn't work for most. The shady stock option that's paraded as a benefit doesn't kick in until after 4 years of employment, which is... weird. The company isn't even 4 years old and they offer a benefit that employees can't even use until they have been with the company for 4 years. Their oldest employees who have been there the longest don't get to take advantage of the stock option. That says a lot all on its own. Most, if not all, of the positive reviews giving this company 5 stars on Glassdoor are fake. This company is devoid of integrity to the point where they will pressure their employees (specifically HR recruiters) to leave positive reviews to bump up the rating on Glassdoor. And you can tell because most of them say the same thing. But the lack of integrity doesn't stop there; it permeates throughout the entirety of the company and this toxic dearth of apathy is ever so present in the executive and management teams. The toxic office political game that they run is the following: 1. Management is given KPI's and goals by the executives. Usually these KPI's and goals are either nearly impossible to obtain or they aren't edited and refined to be realistic. Typically these goals are dreamt up at the whips and whims of the CEO - who has surrounded himself with a bunch of "yes-men" that are afraid to let him know when something is unrealistic. 2. These goals get converted into KPI's by the management team to advise their front-line workers. 3. The management team then passes on the entirety of the unfiltered, unrefined, confusing directions from the executives onto their team-members. These managers either don't know or don't care to set up their team for success because a lot of the times, the goals are unrealistic. 4. Essentially the CEO figures out that he's not meeting targets in certain areas, he questions the executive and management team, and they ALL pass the blame downwards instead of analyzing or adjusting goals to reflect realistic expectations and to achieve high quality work. If these managers and executives don't pass the blame downwards, they are either given HR written warnings or fired themselves. So they really have no option but to play the game and blame their own employees and team members. The real kicker is that sometimes the CEO himself will take pride firing a high level manager; and I have seen it myself where he has openly mocked their departure on the company Slack channel. Not only is this unprofessional but it also crosses a lot of HR boundaries in one fell-swoop. These guys take pride in firing people or watching them quit. And then they pump themselves up by saying that it's a tough place to work to mask the truth that they struggle with keeping new employees. And the management/executive team isn't much better either. I have had private conversations where my supervisor will badmouth a colleague. Again, totally unprofessional. And in a normal workplace this would set an individual up for a meeting with HR. Furthermore, some executives will get so obsessed with processes that nothing actually gets done. And then the employee receives the blame for nothing being done even though their executive is continuously redirecting them to work on their processes. I should mention that HR is non-existant here. Check out LinkedIn. Most of the HR employees are recruiters. Most of them copy & paste responses to negative Glassdoor reviews like this one (I predict), and leave fake ones to show the higher-ups that their ratings are "improving" on Glassdoor. All you have to do is compare the date of this review and the date of the next 5 star review. And the interview reviews on here are also very telling of what kind of a company this is as well. Listen: if you are in a pinch and need the money or experience to get you to your next workplace after ElectroNeek then do what you need to do. BUT they will be a headache to deal with... and this comes from a person that would have had one of the more decent experiences with ElectroNeek. If you do decide to join this company, here is some advice: - Try to keep the "ball out of your court" when it comes to responsibility for any failings. This will help you to keep your job longer. However it is my opinion that employees are all on borrowed time since it is only a matter of time where you will have to be accountable for any failings. Once you start being accountable (for likely some crazy ambitions), it won't take long for your supervisor/manager/executive to start pinning department failings on you. - Keep searching for your next opportunity while you are with ElectroNeek. Cut your checks but keep your eyes on the next opportunity. Like I mentioned, you are on borrowed time with these guys.. especially if you don't play into their office political game and take responsibility in the workplace like a normal person would. Reminder: this isn't a normal workplace. Consider yourself warned.

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ElectroNeek Response
3y
Hello! We appreciate your detailed feedback; we are genuinely disappointed that you had a negative experience. Unfortunately, we cannot agree on some points. We provide attractive benefits in the form of health insurance (depending on the region, not launched everywhere yet), stock options, free English courses, SWAG boxes, the corporate university with periodically updated professional courses. The stock options benefit is provided to everyone and usually has 4 year vesting period with a 1-year cliff. That means after 1 year of work, some part of the options is vested and can be exercised on employment contract termination. It’s pretty standard practice for the US startup. We don’t create anything new here. We encourage our team members to provide their feedback because it helps us to improve. We never push, and as the reviews are anonymous, everyone is free to provide their true opinion. We appreciate you taking the time to share your point of view.
1.0
31 Aug 2022

Run...Run away......Fast.

Recommend
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Pros

There are absolutely none. Please see below to con's to know why.

Cons

Where do I even start? This "company" is the definition of disorganized, toxic, dishonest,suspect. From the beginning all interactions with this company were "red flags". The company constantly missed essential things in the offer packet, including the fact that you are only paid ONCE A MONTH. This part was never mentioned when interviewing of course, but everything from the way stocks are issued, to the base salary was a lie, and all part of an elaborate scheme by the company to reduce pay, and trick employees into taking less money. Once on board you are subject to relentless abuse and toxcity from upper management. Expectations of closing deals within being at the company for only a few weeks, and threatened with being fired if you do not close deals within the first two weeks of being on the phones. That is all you need to know if you're curious about work culture. The C-suite executives are family members....This doesn't even make sense, nor is it ethical if you look at how complaints with human resources should be kept confidential, which they never are. The management team provides terrible leads and when the leads do not convert they shake their finger and wonder HOW, just HOW you cannot convert these leads! Not a single person former or current at this company has one positive thing to say about the upper management team and that is for good reason. The toxic culture and violation of workers rights borders on illegal and definitely has been illegal in certain instances. This is NOT a company to work for, trust me, save your soul, save your reputation, and find another place to earn your coin.

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ElectroNeek Response
3y
Hello! We greatly appreciate your feedback; we are truly disappointed that you had a negative experience. Our overarching goal and value is to support a high-performance culture with an excellent employee experience. We understand that a culture with high expectations and commensurate high compensation can be challenging for some, and we are always looking to improve - thank you for your notes! All employment conditions are unequivocally guaranteed; there is not a single case in our history where an employee has not received one of the terms of their agreement. Having grown to a global company with over 230 employees, we have standard payment terms, including our monthly payment schedule, which has never been obfuscated. This schedule is of course included in all documentation mutually signed prior to a start date, and we encourage all new employees to fully read their agreements prior to signing. We are deeply saddened by even an allegation of “illegal” conduct, as we hold ourselves to a standard of no less than rigid, impeccable compliance on this front. While we have no record of a single complaint ever bringing anything to our attention, in the history of the company, we would welcome a discussion on this front - please reach out to us. As with all startups, we are highly sensitive to the vagaries of the market; especially in our circumstances of rapid growth and expansion, we do indeed put forth rapid and frequent process improvements to ensure that we meet the changing needs of both our clients and our global employee base. All changes, especially those relating to variable compensation plans, are always fully documented. We pride ourselves on a best-in-class commission structure; we understand that for an employee not meeting the requisite performance targets, this can be an area of frustration - we appreciate your feedback, and we will ensure that we offer forth even more transparency in communications for our employees that are not achieving their goals. We have an open-door policy for feedback, or requests for assistance, and have dedicated business line HR business partners for every department to support any and all needs. This team has a mission of the utmost importance; ensuring that all employees, prospective and current both, have an excellent experience. Again, we appreciate your feedback, as we are always looking to improve!
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