Pros
Roles are made open to anyone in the world. Which is fine, except their hiring managers have inbuilt racist bias, so they prefer to hire white Americans. The tests to join are easy. Which is fine, except if you're a modicum above mediocre, you'll be working with some of the worst colleagues in the world.
Cons
There are so many downsides to Crossover, it's difficult to comprehend. Seriously, you'll probably need to lie down after reading this review. But, try it. Stick with me. Ready? Let's go. - any meeting with the CEO sitting in front of his video conferencing screen like some evil Darth lord ordering the destruction of whole planets - you must have their spyware software running on your computer to work for them - they'll reply and say this is just standard, etc etc, they don't honestly look at your webcam pictures and screenshots, but they do, and will. There are horror stories of colleagues getting fired for ordering a pizza at lunch, and they do enforce this. - you must buy your own laptop and accessories - no benefits - they say they pay high to compensate for this, but don't. - they say they pay 'top of market' for roles, but our research indicates wages for anything under the Director level are about 50% of market - they expect '40 hours of productive work each week' - except the things that are acceptable at work (like go to the bathroom, get some water or lunch) are not acceptable here: you'll end up being docked hours because you weren't at your computer for the entire hour. - you're a contractor, so you're responsible for your own taxes, health insurance, holiday time, etc. - no culture whatsoever: it's impossible to build relationships with anybody - social environments are a big part of 'working' but they make no attempt to foster teamwork or culture at all. I guess culture costs money! - a lot of racism, conscious and unconscious bias in every stage of working from them, with no recognition of the problem or action to increase diversity. I guess diversity costs money! - you can be fired in two ways, and at any time - the first is when you are unassigned from a project, the second when you aren't given any new work - if you are hired from the 'marketplace' to work on a project, projects are shortlived, mismanaged, and none go well - be prepared for many, many unproductive video calls where nothing happens because nobody knows how to run a meeting effectively - managers and 'senior leadership' are some of the least experienced hires they make: they might be able to talk the talk, but are unable to walk the walk. - everybody is trying to hard to meet their unachievable objective, they sideline anything else. nobody can prepare for the future, nobody is forward-thinking, because they're all afraid of getting fired if they don't hit the current wacky goal. - the English language skills across their base is disastrous - their egotistic call to arms is that they 'work with the top 1%' - this is nothing more than marketing spin. Why would the top 1% want to work for a company that treats them as robotic slaves instead of humans contributing to building a business? - no career opportunities - the only way up is out. no coaching or development opportunities - just do your work and be lucky you're getting paid a pittance for it! Still with me? Good. I know that was a lot to get through, but if you take anything away from this review, let it be this: Crossover. Is. The. Enemy. They do not care about their workers. They do not care about society. They just care about their bottom-line. Revolt and resist!
