HackerEarth Reviews

Hi, thanks for taking the time to write this review & I'm really sorry to hear that you've had a bad experience working with me. It is really unfortunate you didn't have a good experience working at HackerEarth. I've worked so hard to create a company where people are valued and feel empowered to succeed and grow. I'm really sorry that our efforts did not meeting your expectations. On some of the concerns raised, yes we have worked on a career path for engineers and it has been rolled out for most teams recently. Hope that should gives my employees clarity on their career path. With our big ambitious goals laid out for the next few years, I'll admit that sometimes i can become too focused on execution of those goals. I have time and again, asked my team to share their feedback and ensure there is open dialogue , ideas shared are always taken into considered and the right forum is provided for all to share their ideas as well. One thing we do believe in, is to never restrict anyone to their role and encourage employees to come up with new and innovative ideas. Through my 1:1 meetings, team meetings, monthly all hands, team dinners/lunch, informal connects, I am working hard to seek feedback and connect with my employees on a personal level. Yes, there have been exits due to performance issues recently due to which there has been some anxiety around. However, we have addressed all concerns raised by all and am hoping there is no ambiguity around the same anymore. We have a strong team of engineers who work relentlessly and are seen as mentors and go-to people. Having said that, we are in the process of hiring senior engineers and hopefully you would not feel directionless in the future. We do encourage employees to share genuine feedback about HE as an organization and also let us know on areas we need to work on priority. I am thankful you took the time to share your opinion here so that i can reflect on it and think about ways we can make HackerEarth a great place to work in. I genuinely care about this company and hope this response has helped sort some of your concerns. For any further concerns, please feel free to reach out to me anytime and I would be more than happy to help:)

Thanks for sharing your feedback and voicing your concerns. Let me try and address your questions1. Recruit is not a SMB only product, yes there is a great SMB fit for the product but the fact is that the most impact of the product comes in an enterprise because that's where they are dealing with high volume of candidates, tons of human bias and variety of requirement. I also don't agree that we don't have an enterprise base or we cannot build it further. Just last quarter we have on boarded 9 new very good enterprise logos and we see healthy retention across all enterprise customers.2. Doesn't it seem counter intuitive that we will fire those people who have opened key enterprise accounts for us? Whenever someone has been asked to leave it is after multiple discussions about their poor performance, and after coaching and guiding them. Yes we have not done a super job of hiring the best fit and hence have made bad hires in the past, we are learning from those mistakes and making our hiring process more robust. 3. If you feel you are a better fit for SMB market, my recommendation is to apply for that role as we are expanding both enterprise and SMB team. With respect to the point about 'better than HackerRank' there are 2 things I want to call out - the market is big enough for 2 players to co-exist and build strong businesses - if only the product with most features won the market than the current ecosystem of successful enterprise companies would look very different. Business growth is a function of strong product, strong sales and a strong culture. 4. I have no qualms in saying that I have full confidence in my leadership team. At times it may appear that I am a layer too far away but that does not mean in any way that I am far away from the strategic decisions. Lastly, I would say that there are always 2 sides of the story and if you feel that something wasn't done the right way in the past, come up speak to us and understand the full picture. We have always maintained an open communication channel primarily because we don't want misinformation going around. If you would like you can directly write to me about your concerns. I hope the gives you more context and makes you feel better. - Sachin