Ostensibly 'Hiring', but really waiting for the hypothetical ideal candidate - Product Engineer Streak Employee Review

2.0
26 Jan 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Remote but heavily favours Pacific Time. Streak offered paid sick leave was very attractive during the pandemic. During the froth of low interest rates when employers had to cater more to employees for retention, things like four day weeks were amazing. If you're coming from a larger company with crusty payroll & HR tools, the vendors Streak uses are a big step up.

Cons

Note most of the reviews for Streak are from current employees, not former. • Weird power dynamics between "right" engineers and everyone else • Code reviews aren't in a great place - either rubber stamped by a clique or nitpicked to death • Salary declining against inflation even after a 20% price hike on customers • The product shows its age - same performance issues existed my whole tenure • Still calling themselves a "startup" after 13 years feels misleading • Basic benefits package, nothing special here. • The open source stuff (InboxSDK, etc) is basically abandoned

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5.0
25 Jan 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Streak is an amazing an innovative product. The team and culture are second to none. I love showing up to work each day.

Cons

Still a smaller company so not as much job title upward mobility if that's important to you.

5.0
27 Oct 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Streak is a small, nimble company that puts product development and the wellbeing of its contributors front and center. I could not recommend working there more, especially if you are early in your career. It will help you set a firm benchmark for the type of quality you should expect from future roles. They have the stability of a larger company, but their size allows you to wear multiple hats and to learn a lot.

Cons

The size of the company makes career mapping somewhat difficult, particularly in the customer facing roles. A lot of stellar Customer Success people do wonderfully and then outgrow their roles and move on to other companies (not a terrible thing, but worth noting). The sales team is somewhat similar, leads are completely inbound and product qualified. This makes selling somewhat easier, but limits the growth potential of the team/company. The pool of leads is naturally limited and so the growth of the sales team is as well. They've discussed putting more into marketing efforts, but to my knowledge this has not had tremendous success as of yet.

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