Exciting, fast-paced startup with empathetic people - werkgeversreview Product Manager bij Descript

5,0
17 sep 2021
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Pluspunten

- Great people: Patient, thoughtful, and helpful through the interview & signing process, helpful while on-boarding (mostly) remotely, smart, team players, have lives outside work, passionate & knowledgeable about the audio/video creation space - Exciting product: Truly innovative and differentiated approach to A/V editing, nothing else like it, and truly magical time-savings for users - Great leadership: Fantastic leadership team, not just background, but just as smart individuals who are willing to engage with employees about anything

Minpunten

- Fast-paced: Not a good fit for you if you think in big company time-frames, for the most part you'll be thinking 2-6 weeks out here - Not good for specialization: This environment caters to generalists, and people who don't mind being spread a little thin. If you want to focus and specialize in one thing for very long, it might be hard. - Startup benefits: Decent benefits for a startup, but nothing on what you'd get from a big co. in terms of perks (though you get free lunch in SF office if you come in), a small step down on things like insurance, & no 401k match.

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5,0
10 feb 2026
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Working at Descript for a little over four years was one of the most rewarding experiences of my career. The culture is exceptional; this is a company that genuinely encourages you to have opinions, take initiative, and contribute beyond the boundaries of your job description. If you're the type of person who wants to make an impact rather than just clock in and execute tasks, Descript is an environment where that instinct is recognized and rewarded. The career growth opportunities reflect this as well. When you show up with ownership and drive, the company notices and invests back in you.

Minpunten

At times things could feel unclear or ambiguous, but in hindsight this was largely a reflection of where the company was in its growth stage when I joined. It's the nature of early stage startups, and honestly navigating that ambiguity ended up being part of what made the experience so valuable professionally.

3,0
25 jun 2026
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Pluspunten

- vast majority of the people are great to work with - vibrant. A lot of communication happens via videos that are made by ICs, full of memes and unhinged plots - good work life balance

Minpunten

- new CEO since Aug 2025 is challenging to work with - management seems out of touch with day to day experience of ICs - many women are underleveled here and no opportunities for engineers on some teams to demonstrate the full breadth of their abilities - slightly low pay compared to other start ups - lots of small scale layoffs with less than a day’s notice - there are mandates to use AI for everything and open aggression if you’re bearish or skeptical about some of the tools

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