Pro-Learning - Anonymous employee Backplane Employee Review

4.0
24 Aug 2015
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Some of the best, kindest, most supportive, and patient engineers I've worked with. Everyone is very pro-learning in this extremely fast work environment. Project manager is amazing, she truly cares about people, their careers, and their growth. The product itself went through tremendous changes through the last year and is onto something great! People definitely celebrate their wins together.

Cons

Not yet very data driven, I'm sure they'll be onto this soon! Very long hours sometimes, but rewarding because everyone is always learning. Benefits was okay, would appreciate more autonomy and less micro-management. Product itself still needs a LOT more focus (can't be everything at the same time.)

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5.0
24 Feb 2016
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The people at Place are upbeat, hardworking, and really care about their product. I enjoyed working with each and every team member. The CEO, Scott Harrison, has an amazing vision for the future of Place, and I wish nothing but success for the whole company.

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5.0
1 June 2015
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Pros

The company today is not what it was when I started. The business and team has moved from early startup mode and is working on scaling. The team has changed, but in no way has it lost the best talent. Like any team, we have had a couple of people move on that we care about, but we only cheer their new opportunities. Our product and engineering teams are as courageous as they are and building the best products on top of the most modern toolchain possible. If fact, I have never worked with a more talented group of people. It's amazing to be working on difficult problems with The true character of people is shown when the challenges are the hardest. While we have had a couple of people move on we have cheered their new opportunities. In no wa

Cons

The business was originally separated in two offices but is now in SF. That transition was tough but we love where we are now and love having space to do meetups with the users of our system. The sophistication of our product is a lot of work given such a small team, but we are working hard to build out the team. Dealing with the legacy opinions of people that most of use have never even met is a problem that continues to hurt us.

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