Half decent MVP - Anonymous employee Ordway Labs Employee Review

2.0
13 Jul 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Compensation is decent for the position Little to no real work outside of a few calls a week Co workers are kind of helpful

Cons

CEO is not as honest as you'd think with talking with him. Like most start-up CEOs his only focus is cash flow positive yet they hire positions which are not needed and the recent hires have only consulting experience not software consulting which is very different. The engineering team is >= 5 people so the reliance of the tool cannot be fully trusted. A QA team is non-existent which means customers and daily users usually find bugs or processes incorrectly. Huge beware working here will not help you sleep well at night. All you hear is oh we have an offer to be bought out by X, yet we haven't had funding in months and with such little rev I cannot see this company making it out of the recession. No career growth for the next 3-5 as the team is 35 people in the US so it's not likely you'll be doing meaningful work anytime soon.

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5.0
25 Apr 2023
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Pros

true startup, helpful management. i have learned a lot in a very short time. Probably will take many years for the same experience in a big company.

Cons

none really, I like working here.

5.0
6 Feb 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

If you are a startup junkie, this is the place for you. I have experienced everything - high-growth, empowerment, job fulfillment, career growth, economic turmoil, layoffs, rebuilding the company and a sense of belonging that comes with true passion. Management and CEO are very transparent on both the good and the bad. This doesn't work for all, but I appreciate the fact that the founder wears his heart on his sleeve - shows he cares about the business and his employees and is passionate about customer success. The company went through some painful downsizing to get profitable, but management has kept to its promise of paying delayed bonuses, the transparency is incredible. Especially when you hear impersonal layoffs at Google etc. The future is looking very bright for this company and they will outperform rest of the market now that they have churned through all the negativity.

Cons

The course correction can be viewed as a con by a few, yes this could have been avoided. But management and CEO have always been transparent on the reasonings behind it. We all have learned from the early days and now certain mistakes are being avoided.

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