Notco Reviews

3.5

64% would recommend to a friend

(26 total reviews)

55% positive business outlook

Notco has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 26 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Notco 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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26 reviews
1.0
28 June 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Can’t think anything as pros

Cons

I worked at NotCo for 15 months, and my experience was disappointing. The company claims to have developed AI technology to solve problems in packaged food development, but in reality, it is simple software that performs calculations easily done in Excel. It feels like a scam, riding on the AI boom to extort money from investors and other food companies. The CEO frequently uses inappropriate language, even in formal meetings. The company lacks vision and proper planning and does not prioritize employee well-being. There's a lot of politics, and people often undermine each other to get ahead. I would not recommend working here.

1.0
16 Apr 2024

More style than substance

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The company is full of energetic and creative people. Many of my colleagues were eager to learn and contribute.

Cons

The culture is your classic toxic startup mentality. Despite having been around for over 8 years, the company struggles to get even basic HR support functions correct. This is because they routinely fire any HR person who questions "upper management." They are very good at recruiting, but most people don't stick for more than 1 or 2 years due to the lack of planning and poor communication. My tenure saw a massive increase of new hires (whom I had to train and onboard). Within a few weeks, they all realized that they had been misled about what the company was actually doing. Most of those new hires were gone before the year was over. The company is essentially 4 companies: one in Chile / Latin America (CPG), a marketing company, a second CPG company (US & Canada) and an AI / Food tech startup. Only the marketing and AI are good, with the marketing being exceptional. The CPG companies are poorly run both from a people management perspective and from systems perspective (every branch does something different & some people just do whatever they feel like). The culture was very oppressive, always trying to squeeze more work & too many (useless) meetings while still expecting people to constantly socialize outside of working hours. Promotions were frequent for those that looked busy / demonstrated they would work hard. But rewards for good work were usually overlooked. There was also a heavy Chillen bias, so if you were not from Chille, your chances of being recognized were reduced (not that many of my Chile colleagues were treated better than myself).

1.0
4 May 2025

Kind of sketchy

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Coffee - Good chefs - Plants based

Cons

- HR (exists?) - Politics

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