ISEE Reviews

1) There is a lack of a mid-term or long-term plan of where the company is going. The founders are only interested in impressing the investors or potential customers by doing demos all year round. There is no concrete plan to actually improve the technology to make a robust product. In the recent years, more and more competitors are coming out and they seem to be doing much better. This is unfortunate to the company. 2) Only the founders had the control of the budget. No one else had. I saw people be yelled at when they spent $5 over budge for booking an airbnb or for meals when travelling. It was so sad to see this happening. 3) There is so much micromanagement on the tech side. This reflects the dis-trust from the founders to everyone else. 4) There's not much career growth opportunities. Yes, you may get a better title, but there is no budget for you to direct (see 2), nor decisions for you to make (see 3). 5) Don't be mislead by the base salary, because that is mostly what you get. In addition, you will need to pay transportation, lunch, etc. There is no 401k match, no yearly bonus. 6) The attrition rate is so high. The founders think everyone is replaceable, so they kept hiring and firing. They did not understand the value of retaining experienced engineers.

Founders have no direction, micromanagers. Upper management have a theme for folks when they quit and ask: "why are you leaving, do you have any advice for us?" Response is always the same, yes listen to your employees, take in their suggestions. Doesn't listen to the customer for what they want. Overpromising things. The business management side is careless, doesn't care for customers. Case in point, the Founders would take meetings in a McDonalds and you can hear children screaming in the background and leaves the microphone open. It is legit chaos, and unprofessional. Founders doesn't listen to anything that anyone says and pretends to understand what the system can or cannot do. Upper management will take no responsibility for decisions. No promotions. If they have any at all, it's picking favorites, and frankly doesn't consist of contributions. Some people have worked there for more than 4 years with nothing. Some have worked for 3 years without a salary increase. No, that's not a joke. Every year or 1.5 years, 30% of the company leaves. Either overworked or broken promises. It is a cast system here. If you don't have a PhD you aren't worth talking to here. The researches don't produce anything either, they sit around drinking tea and act better than everyone else who is working frantically to make anything work, or test anything. No one does real code reviews here. They push stuff and break stuff constantly. Everyone is in denial. No 401k match. No annual bonuses. No stock, they'll throw like 500 at you. Which wont lead to anything.