Pros
• Remote work, Unlimited PTO, 100% paid health premiums, 401k match • Some truly amazing, kind, hardworking people at the non-executive level • Fun industry; wonderful, hardworking customers that are a pleasure to work with • Meaningful mission
Cons
It's hard not to think most of the anonymous, one-line reviews are fake as they don't actually reflect the high turnover and opinions of many employees that have left or are still with the company. • Toxic culture - executive leadership speaks about culture but has no idea what it actually means and ignores the fact that culture starts with them. • Incompetent leadership - senior/executive level "leaders" don't understand the industry or the product but make all of the business decisions. • Lack of accountability - when you hire teams full of referrals, they're not going to hold each other accountable; you also often see top performers picking up the slack for poor performers with no additional pay. • Lack of integrity - Integrity is one of the company's values yet leadership is constantly over promising and under delivering just to get the sale. • Lack of transparency - leadership sweeps everything under the rug and employees are never truly in-the-know. • Heavy favoritism - you're rewarded based on how well you're liked, not how well you perform. • Lack of opportunity - they prioritize recruiting over retention and will hire externally before they reward or promote you internally. • Low pay - salaries are below/bottom of the range; even though its K-12 which typically pays less, it's still edTech SaaS. Negotiate high upon hire, it's rare that you'll receive a merit raise (pay "bump") while you're there. • Lack of trust - heavy micromanaging of petty details which slows growth and stifles innovation. • Heavy burnout - aggressive goals with no consideration of department size, team structure, or individual capacity; at LINQ, "more opportunity" simply means more work. • "Keep your head down" mentality - raising concerns only gives you a target on your back, regardless of your product/industry knowledge or how well you execute. • Lack of confidentiality - if you raise confidential matters to your manager, HR, or the CEO, it's very possible that information won't remain private. Until leadership can get out of their own way, truly listen to and respect their team of experts, and acknowledge the issues within themselves, the more amazing talent they’re going to continue to lose. If you’re willing to agree with leadership’s decisions, regardless of how bad they are, cut corners on your work at the expense of quality, and keep your head down, you’ll do well here.
