Gossipy - Anonymous employee Etumos Employee Review

2.0
8 Jan 2024
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Okay pay, remote work, good benefits

Cons

The people at Etumos are so cliquey and gossipy. Layoffs happened too many times to count and the business is failing. CEO implemented major changes at the biggest layoffs the company has seen and threw everyone in for a loop.

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Etumos Response
4mo
Edward here-- I think I know what you're talking about, and I understand and appreciate your perspective. Layoffs are absolutely the most soul-crushing acceptance of defeat for employers from a human perspective, and I'm so sorry that you were affected by our shrinking. I don't believe there's a cliquey/gossipy aspect anymore, but I'm keeping your feedback as fully valid and a component of how I'll be rebuilding Etumos going forward in 2026. Wishing we could retain all Etumotes forever (that's been my explicit goal since starting this company in 2014), and sorry for the painful changes that impacted you and your family. Seriously, that's more important to me than money. Proud of all Etumotes, even the ones impacted by layoffs due to macroeconomic conditions out of our control, because you are all extraordinarily competent. I'm excited to watch from afar as you grow!

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5.0
12 Dec 2023
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great benefits, people, PTO, and work-life balance.

Cons

There is some uncertainty about what the future holds. The company's CEO and founder are not involved.

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Etumos Response
4mo
Hey there! I'm back! We're back into prepping for scale, and I'll be back to help take the reigns. I'm better, more mature, and more experienced this time around. I've shaken off the dust and the rust, and I'm back to facing problems head-on and learning at absurd speeds. We can rebuild, not just technically and for profit, but with a smarter org structure to make an Etumos that can keep employees for greater than the Tech industry average of sub-3-years. I'm glad to see who you become! Cheers, Edward
1.0
4 July 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The location made commuting reasonable. Some teammates were straightforward to work with.

Cons

The entire time I was there, decisions from above would just come down with zero explanation about what they meant or how we were supposed to implement them. People in charge kept information compartmentalized — things would change, and I would only learn about it when it directly affected my work, and even then barely. I had to ask colleagues to figure out strategy or context because no one in leadership would lay it out clearly. There was this constant vagueness around priorities and direction, like they were intentionally being cryptic for some reason, and it made everything harder. After a few months I just stopped asking questions because the answers never came. The lack of transparency did not just make my job frustrating — it made everyone around me frustrated too.

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