Unlock Reviews

3.1

49% would recommend to a friend

(18 total reviews)
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James Riccitelli

53% approve of CEO

45% positive business outlook

Unlock has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 18 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Unlock employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Finance industry (3.7 stars).

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18 reviews
1.0
15 July 2025
Recommend
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Business outlook

Pros

Well-intentioned yet inexperienced bosses doing their "best" despite a lean environment and a struggling product. A few kind and capable individual contributors trying to do good work in an unhealthy tough culture that comprises of management who are friends. The company has an interesting product.

Cons

Management is a tight-knit group of former colleagues, which creates an echo chamber where dissent is discouraged and questioning the status quo is risky. Speaking up, even with good intentions and data-backed insights, is seen as insubordination, not initiative. Groupthink runs deep, and it shows: there’s no clear strategy, no alignment, and as a result, no real outcomes. Leadership operates with a top-down, micromanagement-heavy style. Every cross-functional interaction required advanced permission and content review, making even the simplest collaboration feel high-stakes and slow. Independent thinking or proactive problem-solving? Discouraged, sometimes punished. Questions are treated as threats. Requests for context are met with defensiveness. If you ask “why” in service of doing your job well, you risk being sidelined—excluded from key meetings, emails, and updates critical to your role. Expectations shift frequently without explanation, and execution is often dictated not by analyzed performance but by internal loyalty. In one instance, was directed to pause underperforming campaigns, only to be reversed, with no strategic rationale other than the partner’s personal ties to leadership. Autonomy is promised but never granted. Every message and move is scrutinized, not to offer feedback, but to assign blame. New employees are given no real ramp period, only judgment when they miss information that was never shared in the first place. Constructive dialogue is nonexistent. Leadership communicates feedback through harsh language. Professionalism is replaced with profanity bombs. If you're someone who values collaboration, transparency, and critical thinking, this is not the environment for you.

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Unlock Response
9mo
Thank you for your feedback. Based on the information you've provided here and your very limited tenure with us, I'm very familiar with your circumstances. We look to hire sharp, innovative and highly capable individuals at our organization; those who embrace a culture of feedback and professional growth. Our values are at the heart of our conversations, decisions and results, to include "Trust is Everything" and "Details Really Matter". So, while new hires join our organization, we do provide them with support, guidance, feedback and course correction to ensure they are on track and doing things in accordance with our established practices and processes. We do this in a collaborative and concise manner so new hires can quickly get their feet under them and get quick wins. If during your very short time with us, you were experiencing any of the above-mentioned behaviors by leadership, I was not made aware despite you having a direct line to me to share your concerns. That same direct line that was used to offer information to People Ops on a completely unrelated matter. We are very much in a time of rapid growth, implementing new systems and great change in our efforts to best service our homeowners, and with that does come growing pains and quick pivots. We do not "punish" nor "discipline" our employees, as suggested. We employ a philosophy of mistake management that helps people to quickly course correct and achieve and sustain the highest levels of performance through coaching and ongoing performance management. Again, all in support of our culture of feedback. Additionally, People OPS is very well-versed in all facets of employment law. If there was a specific matter that was of concern, that was not brought forward. Please feel free to contact me directly at heather.bailey@unlock.com. Thank you again for your feedback.
3.0
14 May 2025

Needs Improvement

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Benefits - 401k - they some want to move in a better more professional manner

Cons

Mia managed - Lack of continuity, objectivity - Toxic on too many levels - Micromanagement doesn’t work it’s a known fact -

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Unlock Response
9mo
Thank you for your feedback. If you'd like to provide People Ops more specific information, please reach out to me at peopleops@unlock.com. Thank you
1.0
14 Mar 2025

Stay Away

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Full Health Benefits, Cafe on Location, Company provided snacks

Cons

Nepotism, Paid 13 BPS or .13%, Toxic Culture, Bad Leadership, Constant System Changes, Director of Sales has a personal relationship with the worst Sales Manger

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Unlock Response
1y
Thank you for your feedback. At Unlock, we strive to ensure every team member embodies the core values of our Company, and that starts with our leaders. If you have specific feedback you'd like to provide me regarding your experience with us, I welcome you to email me directly at heather.bailey@unlock.com. Thank you.
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