Karius Reviews

3.4

61% would recommend to a friend

(74 total reviews)
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Alec Ford

70% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Karius has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 74 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Karius employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

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74 reviews
1.0
9 May 2020

Worst Leadership in Industry

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good technology. Test that can save lives. Free lunch every day. Happy Hours on Fridays. Most people are great.

Cons

Leadership decided to lay-off all of their commercial team during COVID. Not because of funding, they just received $168 million in series B funding. Told everyone we were safe through the shutdown and that they would take care of us through all of this. No loyalty what so ever to any employee that works here. CEO can’t run a commercial team to save his life. Good Luck to Customer Success selling this test with no sales reps. Laying 25% of your company off during a worldwide pandemic will never benefit you. People will remember this forever.

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Karius Response
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We are very sorry to hear this about your experience at Karius. We value all of our current and former employees’ feedback so we would be happy to learn more about what specifically it was that was not positive during your time here and how we can improve. Please feel free to contact HR to discuss anytime. We wish you the best.
1.0
15 Dec 2018

I wrote a review and it was taken down... karius is smoke and mirrors

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Test can help ID physicians treat their patients with more precision.

Cons

Lacking data as much as the company lacks emotional intelligence. All the negative reviews have been taken down. It’s disappointing. This company is awful. When I started there were 60 plus employees now it’s down to 40. Hostile work environment. CEO and COO both narcissists.

2.0
14 Mar 2024
Recommend
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Pros

In the eloquent musings of our society's discourse, "innovative technology" is oft likened to the dawn of a new era, a veritable renaissance of ingenuity and invention that promises to usher in advancements hitherto undreamed of. It is the alchemy that transforms the mundane into the magnificent, beckoning the future to meet us in the present with open arms. This marvel, dear reader, is the embodiment of human creativity and ambition, a beacon of progress that lights our path toward unfathomable discoveries.

Cons

In an era where transparency is oft celebrated, the concept of the "glass door" emerges as a beacon of revelation, allowing one to peer into the inner workings of an establishment before committing oneself to its service. Yet, what one might observe within certain corridors of power could indeed give pause to even the most intrepid of souls seeking employment. Imagine, if you will, a Chief Executive Officer whose ears seem closed to the counsel of those surrounding him, a veritable island unto himself. This same figure proclaims the advent of studies designed to elevate prices, yet these studies are as ephemeral as the morning dew, leaving those of a clinical persuasion within the commercial team in a state of disillusionment. The method of selecting one's companions, or employees in this case, is as whimsical and varied as the whims of the CEO himself, casting aside any notion of uniformity or fairness. The stratagem for rewarding one's labor is divided into halves of a year, with the fate of the latter six months shrouded in mystery, dependent on one's performance in the former. And then, there is the curious practice of documenting accusations of "gaslighting" upon flip charts during gatherings, a testament to the atmosphere cultivated within these hallowed halls. The Chief Commercial Officer, a figure never having tasted the rigors of commercial battle nor felt the weight of a sales target, stands ignorant and untested from the experiences of those they oversee. Vice Presidents, described in terms not befitting the pages of polite society, are whispered to be the bane of every alliance, harboring tendencies to malign and forsake their compatriots whilst navigating their own tempests of mood. A particular VP has been heard to disdain those who seek refuge in the anonymity of online platforms to voice their discontent, branding them cowards, a sentiment that reveals much about the culture pervading this establishment. And so, dear reader, if you find yourself betwixt positions, perhaps this venue may serve as a temporary haven, a place to rest one's weary head until a more congenial opportunity presents itself. However, for those currently engaged in employ elsewhere, I urge you to consider with utmost caution the prospect of allying oneself with this organization. In the world of employment, as in all things, forewarned is forearmed.

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