ARISE, AWAKE and BEWARE - Anonymous employee Autorox Employee Review

1.0
13 Nov 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Nice office location. Great intentions from Founder.

Cons

ARISE: Everything is "According to policy". The policy document is never known, seen, shared or published. (Oh yes, workplace harassment policy is pinned to notice board) If you are from Software Industry/Corporate background, you don't even have to read the review just avoid this company. - Worst HR practices. No HR policies is known to exist in written. HR is the best player. AWAKE: -Every team manager knows the biggest pain point in development delivery. It stays, just live with it. BEWARE: - The employment agreement says, employees can be terminated IMMEDIATELY citing performance reasons. For a senior employee, annual performance review went very well and his efforts were praised to be good. 5 days later, he wants to work from home on unavoidable personal reason. He is fired on phone, asking to handover laptop and leave. REASON cited: Poor Performance. Mitsui won't question it, as they make the employee resign on paper. -They recruit saying Japanese corporate. You can only see monthly board meetings that are inherited from Mitsui becuase directors from Mitsui are part of it. Mitsui did script lot of policies for Smart Auto, but they are always hidden, stored away from everyone. In office, the practices and the show is run by "left for imagination". - Bell Curve reviews (seriously? hardly 40 people. No single team has 10 people in it) - No Integrity: No single person/team runs on any of the timelines. This includes, commitments to customers, product development deadlines, customer support, meeting schedules, employee information, payslips, what not. It all boils down. - 6 day work week. - Worst firings ever (Someone didn't attend meetings fire, someone is on leave or wants to work from home, fire). - Number of people working in office for more than 1year always less than 10. - Place resonates the question, "Why are you still here?"

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2.0
23 June 2026
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Pros

Salaries are generally paid on time. Opportunity to take on responsibilities early in one's career. They mostly hire freshers, so if you are a fresher who needs some kind of work-ex before moving to a better company in 6 months, this place can be considered for a start. Make sure you have a clear exit plan before joining.

Cons

90% of the core team has walked out in the last 12 months. That's not an exaggeration. Most of the people who built the product, knew the customers, and understood the business are gone. The 10% who remain seem to have figured out the formula for survival: don't question anything, problems stay under the rug, keep the founder happy, and remember to add "garu" after his name while addressing him. Loyalty and flattery are definitely more valued. The company is now mostly made up of new hires, many of whom are still trying to figure out what the product even does. The amount of institutional knowledge that has been lost is staggering, but leadership doesn't want to see it that way. About a year ago, the HR head took over Product Support. Since then, support has essentially fallen off a cliff. There are customers who signed deals and still haven't been properly onboarded more than a year later. Some customers got tired of sending reminder emails because nobody would respond anyway. Customer churn is high, customer frustration is everywhere, and none of this should come as a surprise. The sales team suffers a lot because of the buggy, slow, and unreliable product. During demos, prospects regularly ask about performance issues, lag, and basic functionality problems. Salespeople say that they are facing "network issues" to dodge these questions, which is pathetic. There are genuinely better and more affordable alternatives in the market. Competitors have moved ahead while this company seems stuck convincing itself that it's still winning. Leadership refuses to acknowledge reality, which makes improvement nearly impossible. The engineering situation isn't much better. A significant portion of the development team consists of interns turned vibe-coders and are expected to build and maintain a full SaaS product. The tech head always overcommits and underdelivers. The product has endless bugs, technical debt, and constant firefighting. The founder loves talking about "frugal innovation." Unfortunately, what he often practices is just being cheap. One thing he repeatedly boasts about is never having missed payroll. Here's the thing: paying employees on time is not an achievement. It's the absolute minimum responsibility of an employer. Employees are not supposed to be grateful that they received the salary they already earned. If "we've never missed payroll" is one of the founder's proudest accomplishments after years of running a company, then the bar is set far too low. The saddest part is that many talented people genuinely tried to make things work. They gave feedback, raised concerns, suggested improvements, and worked hard to help the company succeed. Most of them eventually left because they realized the problems are just ignored.

4.0
27 Jan 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Health catalyst is Very good company

Cons

Everything is good and there is no cons

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