Popspots Reviews

As one of the co-founders, I'm a biased reviewer, so I'll focus on some of our unique practices that I think make us the best startup to work for in Austin: - Financials are open. Employees and prospective employees have full access to our financials and as much time with our CFO as they want to ask questions. We also regularly discuss the successes and challenges of our business as a team so that if we ever experience a downturn our employees will know far in advance of any layoffs, and we can prepare for it together. - Compensation is open. We use an objective, consistent, and transparent formula for defining compensation by role, and all employee compensation (cash and equity) is available to current and prospective employees. This practice reduces inequity and bias with compensation and it encourages open discussion if something seems off. - We have a policy of 'open doors by default'. Our team is invited to participate in all levels of conversation in the company. If a conversation has to be private, there should be an explicit reason why. - Our benefits are advanced for our age. Joining an early stage startup often means passing on benefits like high quality health insurance or parental leave. With us, you'll have access to premium health insurance and 3 months of paid parental leave along with many other benefits that help support a healthy work-life balance. - We hold ourselves accountable. Two years ago we were a fairly typical tech startup with a single female employee on a team of eight. Our team recognized this problem, and we set the goal of achieving gender parity. Today, women make up 44% of our team and hold nearly half of the leadership positions. We still have a number of ways in which we fall short on our broader goal of reflecting the community we serve, but our success with this goal gives us the confidence to set ever higher ones.

- Strong company values in transparency (including salary transparency!), ownership, putting people first, and teamwork - Leadership strongly encourages learning & career development and you can gain a lot of experience in your field. With a startup, you wear many hats - but this is a supportive environment where you aren't burned out at the same time. - My voice and input matters, & I get a lot of feedback!