Pluspunten
I've purposely waited over 6 weeks after the cuts were made at WideOrbit to do my review so that I could be as objective as possible. As others have mentioned, WideOrbit had a surprising and wide sweeping set of layoffs on March 1st that pretty much caught everyone off guard since although there was some mention of financial pressure it was never let on just how bad it was. As you would expect the reviews of the company became very harsh and I do understand why. Pretty much everyone loved working there and it hurt to be let go. As for me, I had just worked a 13 hour day the day before I was let go and had no idea that I was about to be cut. The good: - The company is actually great to work for. - I had a great manager - The employees really do like their jobs (99% of them) - The company is very forward thinking with regards to remote work (and yes, there are some flakes but by and large people actually work more hours remotely since there is no commute time involved) - The company builds some really great products that the customers love. - There were some genuinely caring people in HR and management about you as a person - There is an attempt at open communication and transparency (although one would have to question how much information that matters is actually shared) - The benefits are decent. - Pre IPO - When products were discontinued the company used to place the impacted employees on other teams to avoid layoffs. (But apparently that is no longer the case)
Minpunten
The not so good to downright bad: - There is some "shiny object" chasing that harmed core business (the ones that actually generated profit) - There is some deadwood - When you let go of 10% of your employees there was some poor or irresponsible planning or execution of the plan or you took your eyes off of the prize which chasing shiny objects - The culture has changed and you will be cut in a heartbeat if needed. People can care about you but companies cannot if they want to continue to get funding. The company is beholden to $$ and it will make the survivors wonder if they could be next. - Once you are gone your emails to HR with questions will take a long time to be responded to or go unanswered.