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Figure Eight

Acquired by Appen

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Figure Eight Reviews

3.9

68% would recommend to a friend

(80 total reviews)

Mark Brayan

71% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Figure Eight has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 80 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Figure Eight employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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80 reviews
1.0
15 Nov 2018

Figure Eight, not so Great.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

-can choose my own hours/work remote often -lunch 3 days a week -engineers work from home wednesday's -good benefits -well stocked kitchen -regular team outings

Cons

-relaxed work environment leads to general laziness -lack of innovation with product -insincere leadership - claim transparency but always beat around the bush and give dishonest answers -recently fired CEO and CTO after firing 30+ employees (CMO) a month prior

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Figure Eight Response
7y
Thank you for your review here. It's important to receive constructive feedback in order to improve. You are correct that we grew too quickly going into 2018. We hired ahead of our sales curve and needed to manage our monthly spend. This resulted in a downsizing. It was a difficult decision for the team that wasn't fun for anyone. That being said, we have been able to refocus on shared company metrics and creating a shared company vision for success. Much of this has been discussed with our employees, but there is still more work to do. We want to ensure that we have a well developed plan for success. Standby for more updates soon! Recently we changed our weekly meetings to focus more on sharing company metrics including our financial health. Hopefully, these have been an improvement for you and the team. Due to the difficult decisions that were made earlier this year along with a more dedicated focus on our customers, we have been able to share our current financial success with the team. We are excited to see significant wins here, and we are working to ensure we don't grow too quickly again in the future. Please continue to challenge the management team. It helps, and it's welcomed.
1.0
16 Sept 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Lots of great coworkers, though with the company's volatility and struggles to get market traction the past couple years, many are leaving

Cons

The CEO and COO have big egos and are headstrong even when they are totally wrong about product or business direction. They aren't good at listening or giving employees forewarning of changes

1.0
12 Jan 2019

Sooo many questions; so few answers

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Those who make up the teams are good people - hardworking individuals. Great energy and just FUNLOVING

Cons

Those who make up the leadership team….I fear that they are keeping things from us. Or, People Ops is told to keep things back. Since the purge of the c-suite team, management - people ops have been inconsistent about being truthful. Not sure - why? See below…. 1. Two nice VPs left in as many weeks. Why? I don’t believe that they were causing problems which is what we were told. 2. Are we still a viable company? I thought Apple, Google, IBM or AWS was going to acquire us? Management really bragged about how these company’s wanted to buy our marketplace? Now silence….but rumors fly around. What is going on?

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