OJO Labs Reviews

4.2

85% would recommend to a friend

(107 total reviews)
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John Berkowitz

89% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

OJO Labs has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 107 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The OJO Labs employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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107 reviews
1.0
13 Aug 2020
Recommend
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Pros

You'll get paid to write a good review here.

Cons

This company truly couldn't care less about their employees, severely underpays, expects you to work unpaid overtime and offers zero opportunities for career growth or development. They publicly pretended to support their communities during the pandemic while privately firing half their employees unexpectedly for tax breaks. The Minneapolis office is full of C-suite executives and directors who shouldn’t be in their positions, only promoted because they’re related or old friends of and like to drink fireball. Incredibly incestuous and one of the most toxic work environments I've ever experienced. Poor communication from the Austin team and Ojo in general seem to have no clue what they’re doing when it comes to what the Minneapolis office is good for. Their "support" of BLM and diversity and inclusion in general on their site is purely performative and disingenuous. Repeatedly heard the Chief of Sales misgender a transgender employee because he thought it was funny, no one on the C-suite team with him ever corrected him. There are maybe two non-white people at this company in Minneapolis. If you do somehow get promoted, you will be expected to continue doing your previous role - no extra compensation will be given, no help will be given from management and you'll just continually be told it's just a little bit more time when you ask about fully moving into your new role. Spoiler Alert: you will never fully be moved into your new position. High turnover rate prior to them firing everyone during the pandemic, but even the current situation isn’t stopping people from leaving. Save yourself the trouble and just find another company.

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OJO Labs Response
5y
Thank you for your feedback, we value the opportunity to learn from your experience. We take the feedback in this review very seriously, especially regarding the mistreatment of a transgender employee. We are committed at all levels of our company to providing an environment in all of our offices where our employees from diverse backgrounds are respected and can thrive, grow and lead at OJO. It is our policy to conduct an investigation when mistreatment of an employee is brought to our attention. If you’d like to provide more insight to help us better our operations and culture, please email People Operations at peopleops@ojolabs.com.
2.0
7 Feb 2022

Disappointing

Recommend
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Pros

Beautiful office Generous PTO Some good people

Cons

Non-existent communication between the higher management and the rest of the company. Long hours and no work life balance. Leadership says were sprinting and resting instead of running a marathon. That means, you won't finish the marathon. CEO goes on long rants on all company meetings and talks about himself in the 3rd person. Sometimes you'd wonder if everyone is seeing the same issues as you do. Pretending the massive elephant in the room doesn't exist and everything is normal when everyone knows the product and leadership have no plan. You realize soon that everyone has worked together before or are related to each other. Nepotistic. This makes it very hard to know who to go to when you have a complaint specifically about leadership.

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OJO Labs Response
4y
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review - we truly value your feedback. We would love the opportunity to talk with you further about your experience and how OJO can improve - please reach out to us at PeopleOps@ojolabs.com if you'd like to share additional insights.
2.0
18 Oct 2020

Very mixed bag

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Recommend
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Pros

Very intelligent company with a vision, but...

Cons

Chaotic work environment, fast-paced beyond reason, with abrupt shifts in priorities which will make you feel like you're set up for failure and you'll always be held accountable for later. They seem caring and make good decisions at upper management, but it's a very different feel at the team/micro level.

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OJO Labs Response
5y
We appreciate you providing feedback on your experience working here. We are committed to continuously evaluating and adjusting how we help foster an environment across the entire company where there are clear expectations and a positive work-life balance. If you have any additional comments that could help us improve our culture, we would love to hear from you at PeopleOps@ojolabs.com.
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