False start....Need a reboot.... - Anonymous employee Aaqua Employee Review

1.0
19 Mar 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Company has great compensation, perks and colleagues are smart. Really good offices across the globe.

Cons

This is the most hypocritical company I've ever worked at. Company talks about big core values (you can read them on website) but behaves nothing like that. Company talks about being transparent but there is poor communication about key company decisions. Employees have to refer to the HR portal to get the latest updates. Employees naturally gossip and speculate, creating a very toxic culture. Company talks about equitable but while the GA bonus has been delayed, many trust and safety employees have already received their full bonuses. They just sit around and do not do any work. They constantly create work for other teams and try to look busy, while their leader is on a mission to build an empire under her. Very poor attitude and very bad for company morale. Company talks about human first but leadership is very unprofessional. They hire poorly and then fire them swiftly in really unprofessional manner without any compassion. Leaders think everything is a joke and are also arrogant, acting like a dictator. No confidence in leadership. CEO is not able to control them. CEO is probably not aware of what's happening on the ground because he does not spend time with his employees. CEO has failed miserably in hiring competent management team members multiple times. He has hired & fired multiple people in his team since the start and probably it’s time for him to do some self reflection.

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5.0
28 Mar 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Supportive coworkers, competitive salary, excellent benefits and nice tech assets. Never have I started at a company and have been welcomed with the open arms that Aaqua does. From the onboarding sessions, to just...everyone wanting to help and provide you with whatever will help you do your best, you feel like you are set up for success. I know there are reviews on here from current and past coworkers griping about delayed GA release (equaling in delayed GA Bonus) but I feel like their heart is in the wrong spot. I want this company to success, I want to be a part of the change in social media, and we just aren't ready for public consumption. Saying "release the app, release the app" shows that money is the motive, because we only have chance at a first impression, it doesn't make sense to release until we are ready.

Cons

Start-ups are hard, working remotely in a pandemic is hard, no company can escape these hardships. More frequency of news would be helpful, when things change like changes in GA release or new members of EMT, we'd like to know sooner instead of waiting for the monthly email or live session. Some things require the long arduous corporate process but give us little things here and there so we don't feel like we're in the dark.

5
1.0
21 Oct 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Nothing to say here really

Cons

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