Typical startup struggling to achieve product market fit - Individual Contributor Tailwind Employee Review

2.0
16 June 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Great for career-starters who want to get their tech career started at a startup

Cons

Under Market Pay: Extreme discrepancy of market rate pay for the entire product team. Upwards of 40% discrepancy when it comes to market rate pay for Product Roles. Product Leadership: Leaders who are poor at planning on a cohesive roadmap that can span more than 3 months. Product managers who are so incompetent they either had to be fired or reorged into squads with lesser impact of the business. Inappropriate comments by leadership on people's personal lives. A toxic product co-founder who had to be reorged more than 3 times. The CEO consistently playing favorites and not step in to handle the issue of the toxic co-founder who has been making life miserable for everyone else.

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Tailwind Response
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Tailwind is currently evaluating our pay strategy to increase pay ranges for roles as the market for certain jobs has increased quickly in the recent year.

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5.0
22 Oct 2025
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Pros

Tailwind cares about its people as much as a business can. The leadership there has always been supportive, and ready to listen to calls for change.

Cons

Direction changes a lot, and you don't always know if you'll be working on the same thing for the next few months, even when you're told you are.

5.0
9 Apr 2025
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Recommend
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Pros

Tailwind is a great company with great leadership and a strong vision for their product. There was a very collaborative spirit among the team, and everyone pushed each other to be the best version of themselves.

Cons

Working for a company that is relatively young always comes with challenges. The expectations are high, but I don't see that as a con; it's just a reality that you need to know about before you enter the VC-funded tech world.

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