Huge corporation with typical pros and cons, but fully remote and well paid - UI/User Experience Designer Crossover for Work Employee Review

4.0
20 Nov 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Really huge salary, comparing to local country top salaries. This advantage may be even greater for some countries because they have same rates for all employees across the world. But if you live in Europe or US, it's nothing special. The salary is paid perfectly on time, no delays. And you won't work more than 40 hours for sure. Fully remote environment. You don't need to move anywhere. Your local timezone is considered when meetings are set. No dress code, no strict rules for working hours (but be prepared that it is still more office rules than freelance). Depending on the team you may work on really competitive and interesting projects. I got lucky and worked on dozens of really different projects, improved my skills and learned a lot. But this is really depends on a team.

Cons

Metrics and numbers everywhere. Even if your manager may understand that quality is more important, the general idea is "do as much as you can, don't care about anything except metrics". Be prepared for juicer-like intensity. You need to work hard, and all metrics are raised every quarter. Feels like a frog on a slow fire. Also as in any large corporation, you may notice that nobody doesn't care about you. Of course, you may be a star in your team, have lots of friends among your coworkers, and your manager may be proud of you. But another quarter will come, and you may not fit to some new rules, not pass some new test and you will get fired. No-one will care. And there's no union, no legislation protection. I didn't face any injustice, but it's really up to company management, you don't have no rights here. And finally as this is fully remote job, be prepared for crazy paranoid tracking. Camera shots, risk management team and your manager that will look for EVERY SINGLE screenshot. This is really annoying.

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Cons

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Crossover for Work Response
9mo
Glad to hear it’s a great fit and that pay’s been smooth. And yes—the bar is high by design. Thanks for the 5 stars and for leaning into the challenge.
2.0
30 July 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Crossover does require work from home. For many, this is a good thing and, for me, helped productivity. The salary is good, but depending upon your country's tax situation it might not be as good as it seems on the surface.

Cons

Where do I start? I tried to be objective with my 2-star rating; Crossover isn't unethical or stealing from their employees or anything like that. However, for a seasoned professional, be warned... I joined in one of the Very High Dollar executive-level positions being driven by their desire to acquire 50+ companies in the near term. I'm in the US. As such (and I knew this going in), the tax consequences for being a contractor are non-trivial. There's also the consideration that you must fund any perks yourself - healthcare, retirement, etc. While the salary is generous enough to do that, it's not as shiny as it seems on the surface. Your mileage may vary depending upon your home country. What I really disliked: Constant tracking/ justification of work stream. Seriously. As others have pointed out, it's difficult to actually *get* credit for a full work week without working extra. Especially in some of the higher-level, more 'creative' positions such as architect, product management, etc. there's minimal or no opportunity to review or think over things. For me, I work in bursts followed by small distractions in which I'm running the problems in the background of my thoughts. A variety of coworkers and management in my history have almost universally commented about the volume of good work I produce. Even my peers at Crossover had no problem with the quantity or quality of my production. However, their tracking software and systems simply don't credit anything other than linear, constant "work". This was bad for me, resulting in me working extra, reworking things as I attempting to change my processes, "faking" it, or simply working longer to attempt to make my hours. I also felt bad for some of the more junior or "factory" positions. It really is tracked by the minute, with lots of incentive to find "problems" with productivity. This is really a thinly-veiled method of wringing blood out of a turnip, by finding flaws or gaps and essentially docking pay. Yeah, the salaries are good but the amount of ancillary work that goes into making "real" hours is awful, and I felt like a chump contributing to it. I had to quit for my sanity.

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Crossover for Work Response
7y
We appreciate your review. Our wages are paid in USD, so it's not going to be as competitive in high tech markets like San Francisco or Boston in the United States where software development is ultra-competitive. However, wages for the same jobs are very competitive in other US cities and outside the US. Sometimes these wages can be 5-6x the local average. Our business model is unique and isn't for everyone. We aren't trying to be like everyone else. The future of work is being redefined. We pride ourselves in being a pioneer in this new paradigm. If you want to know more about this work model, you can read about it here: https://medium.com/@crossoverforwork/the-factory-model-enabling-massive-scale-across-business-functions-98b18ad574f8
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