Tor Project Reviews

4.4

88% would recommend to a friend

(10 total reviews)

74% positive business outlook

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5.0
21 Aug 2024

Awesome Employer, for those who are a nice fit

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Fully remote work: no butt on chair timer, flexible, avoid bad weather during commute Deliverable based evaluation: work life balance, typically no expectation to be immediately available Global pay: the compensation is not determined by where you live, nice if you are living in a region with lower cost of living Previously have severe sexual misconduct incident: In the annual Tor developer meetup, every employee have a dedicated room, regardless how many bed there are in there. When travel for work, no expectation to share room with others (this is nice even just for COVID/transmittable disease prevention) No training: Other than some specific project like Tor Browser(Application Team), standardized tool are used making experience transferable; jump right into a tasks and projects; and yes you got paid time to learn things on your own No KPI or variable rate pay: No pressure to work on things that are most shiny and receive most attention(or impact), just do things in your own pace Political alignment: There is no hiding that Tor Project's current management team like US Democrat party more than other parties, and yes, many employees would love that 4 days week: you have one more day with full agency

Cons

Fully remote work: so many nice and kind coworkers, but I don't get to hang out with them very often Global pay: too bad if you are living in an expensive city/region No KPI or variable rate pay: no monetary incentive to work more than absolute necessary, but you may find reason to do so on your own(and don't be too worried if you didn't)

2.0
6 Feb 2019

Great mission and technology stifled by inefficiencies and mismanagement

Anonymous employee
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Pros

* Great mission and technology: the Tor network and Tor Browser is clearly the most operational and maintained anonymity network and browser, respectively, out there. It fights for internet freedom, net neutrality, and anti-surveillance. You meet journalists where this technology has literally saved someone's life, or hear stories about people in China accessing non-filtered news. * Highly talented and motivated colleagues: the employees at Tor and the contributing community are uncommonly talented and unified in their mission. There are employees who have been there 7-10 years and have a solid understanding of the system and will mentor new hires; long-standing members of the community who 5+ years consistently contribute of solid work and welcome new members. * Remote-friendly and decentralized: you can work flexible hours from anywhere in the world, as long as you get your work done. The company meetings and meetups switch locations every time, so that they engage with different communities and make it convenient for all their international employees.

Cons

* Unfair treatment: many are driven by mission to the point where they willing to tolerate a lot, which they need to do. Until recently, there were people who were always on renewing 3-month contracts, giving them the feeling that they can be fired anytime. There was a support engineer who didn't get paid for months of work and had to get back pay. * Entangled relationships: there have been a lot of people who have dated each other openly before, then dating other co-workers. Sexual abuse scandals, and to a lesser degree, social entanglement, often causes people to pick sides and makes it difficult to maintain a professional environment. * Values over productivity: there are some employees that refuse to use voice or video, causing all meetings to be through internet relay chat. Slack isn't even used, because the company does not like having a company know what is being said. While I understand that this anonymity tool needs more cover, it was incredibly frustrating to coordinate with others though essentially an AIM chat room.

5.0
12 Nov 2019
Recommend
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Pros

great technology intriguing (tough adversary) remote working Only anonymity network paying many developers

Cons

USA-based company makes people and company culture a bit conformist, which makes them more easily manipulated sometimes (can't elaborate, false agency backed campaigns to dishonor valuable members, other projects etc)

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