Micromanaging Culture - Anonymous employee Elastica Employee Review

1.0
8 July 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

-Cool technology in a growing market space -Friendly individual contributors -Cisco partnership provides credibility in the crowded market -Office is in a cool location

Cons

-Micromanagement from the executive level is driving employees across all business units crazy -Payment of comp is historically slow (many times over a month late) -Executive management would try to re-negotiate comp payments after missing the payment -Executive management would move the goal posts of agreed MBOs to avoid comp payments -Because of the above any A-level players burn out and don't last long. Only yes-men need apply -Crowded market space with low barrier to entry will increase pricing pressure -Seems like the goal is to be acquired by Cisco instead of building a sustainable business -Anyone who has worked at a professionally run enterprise or startup will be disappointed by the lack of high-quality leadership

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5.0
10 Mar 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

-Innovative product -Experienced and visionary management -Collaborative team environment -Excellent location and perks -

Cons

-Medical benefits can be improved

5.0
11 Mar 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

One of the rare companies with a working culture, everyone is on the same page and working to grow the product and company. A company that makes room for different approaches and champions the good ones. Location (Santana Row) is awesome, really the best (defacto) company cafeteria ever and an awesome place to be at when your day is over. The product is already strides ahead of it's competitors, has a large amount of interest and can still only get better.

Cons

It is a start up, so as another review mentioned the pace is pretty hectic sometimes. I don't view that as much of a negative, but may not be for everyone.

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