Owl Labs Reviews

4.4

83% would recommend to a friend

(39 total reviews)
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Frank Weishaupt

100% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

Owl Labs has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 39 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Owl 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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39 reviews
3.0
28 May 2021

Flexible work from home but incompetent management in key areas

Anonymous employee
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Pros

1) Flexible, work-from-home option (benefit that predates Covid). 2) Great benefits 3) Ample resources to do work at home 4) Friendly staff (with caveats listed in Cons)

Cons

1) Bad management and decision making in product and engineering. 2) Software is a mismanaged mess and a bottleneck to continued product development. 3) Culture is described by founders as empathetic; however I would more accurately describe it as giggly, immature, effeminate, and drinking the Kool-Aid. Not everyone behaves this way but enough to cringe. 4) Founders are averse to differing opinions, which has led to an inner circle of submissive management with limited thinking. 5) Company hides important investment and valuation numbers (such as total number of shares, yearly net profit, company valuation) that employees need to assess risk/reward when using their own money to exercise stock options. Instead we need to blindly hope for the stock part of our compensation.

1.0
6 Oct 2021

Bad management

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Some people were nice to your face… we can leave it there.

Cons

I believe another review from 2021 outlines it perfectly. The management is not strong and you tend to find yourself questioning if you're in a flashback to middle/high school. You either drink the Kool-Aid or you're out. Don’t even think about asking questions or having a difference in opinion. Also... If or should I say when you leave, you probably won’t get an exit interview.

2.0
5 Oct 2021
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Pros

Co-workers are smart and welcoming Working remote is welcomed and is encouraged Cool perks like the working from home stipend and snacks at the office

Cons

Awful awful awful leadership, especially on the business ops side Favoritism is a real problem as inner circle hiring are prevalent If you want more money, you better ask for it upfront as they don't reward loyalty or hardwork

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