One of a kind - Anonymous employee Format.com Employee Review

5.0
15 Feb 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Format has a clear values, vision, mission and long term strategy - Financially stable self-funded company that focuses on work that has impact on its community as well as its business - Culture at Format is quite amazing. The company is filled with a talented group of people that care about each other, the product and Format’s success. - The management team does a great job ensuring the company continues to grow even though it’s completely self-funded - All format departments are well defined and working with little friction. A focus on process and good planning ensures most work moves smoothly and results in a successful outcome - Trust is a foundation of Format’s success. Managers trust their team members while ensuring they are happy and productive. Team members continuously build that trust by having autonomy in producing work that has impact. - This is a design driven company. Which has resulted in design and engineering working really well together. - Format does a great job growing the team by hiring driven, experienced and caring people

Cons

The company had a hard time scaling Marketing for a while. It looks like things are working smoothly now with a well defined path to success.

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Format.com Response
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We appreciate the feedback. We are very proud of our mission, vision, values and long-term strategy that we refined and shared with the team in September. Thanks for sharing about the trust that we have between management and all team members - we think this is special too!

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2.0
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Cons

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5.0
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Pros

It all starts at the top: The fact that the founders are so deeply and authentically committed to serving their customers and market and to building a company full of people that have that same passion is what really drives the great culture here. Their long term commitment to staying self-funded is also a testament to their commitment to building a great service, business and company vs chasing capital and valuations. It also means they know how to grow a profitable business and keep the business model and engine humming. Empowering: Just about the only thing done top-down here is vision and values - which is exactly how it should be. Everyone is involved in creating their own goals and then empowered to make it happen - in fact, it's counted on! Caring + Collaboration: It's great to be in a place where everyone shares a passion for our customers and our space and that's a key factor in what makes it such a collaborative environment. Super Friendly: Everyone here is super friendly. There are no egos and everyone has a voice. Bootstrapped doesn't mean cash-strapped: We're continually hiring and investing in all areas of the business from engineering, to product, to support to marketing and $$ has never been a growth constraint.

Cons

Like any growing company, you have to be comfortable with continual change that comes with growth. For many though, that's what makes it all so exciting!

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