Fun Start-Up Environment, Could Benefit from Structure - Sales Curalate Employee Review

4.0
4 Sept 2020
Recommend
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Pros

- casual, laid back environment - friendly, young, engaging co-workers - work hard, play hard mentality - downtown office location (pre-COVID) - encourage dialogue, input and outside perspective - inclusive, diverse workforce - interesting product in an emerging market

Cons

- pay/benefits are slightly subpar - very siloed communication for such a small company - fragmented offices (Phila, NYC, Seattle, London) that can make communication challenging. does not utilize collaboration tools to fullest extent. - focused solely on acquisition, career growth and upward opportunity is undefined at best (pre-BV acquisition) - sometimes felt like being a cool and trendy start-up was a bigger priority than being the best company they could be - encourage dialogue and input but not readily willing to embrace suggestions or criticism

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5.0
29 Dec 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Excellent startup culture, felt like a family most days. Modern tech stack and an interesting product, what more can you want.

Cons

Product vision can be slow and fickle

4.0
6 Feb 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Curalate is an inspiring place to work. Extremely driven and intelligent employees, almost total transparency and exciting work are just a few of the reasons why I love Curalate. The product is amazing, and the depth of technical talent is insane. The Opportunity to work in multiple different disciplines is enormous, and that experience is an invaluable addition to anyone's resume.

Cons

As a later stage startup, we are going through some growing pains typical to a company growing so quickly. The company culture is pretty much all about drinking. Drinking is fine and its a great part of any culture, but (as someone else noted) it shouldn't define us. Very low compensation for the amount of hours worked. It's not a nine to fiver, which is fine, but for the amount of hours you're expected to work it definitely can absorb your whole life. It's hard not to be a little irritated when you're being paid almost 20k less than comparable positions elsewhere. Add to that a very limited amount of added benefits and a difficult work life balance and you'll struggle to keep the excitement/passion going.

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