Code Koalas Reviews

4.0

75% would recommend to a friend

(12 total reviews)

75% positive business outlook

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12 reviews
1.0
13 Feb 2017

Poorly Ran Company

Recommend
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Pros

Free snacks and coffee Work closely with everyone else in their open office floor plan Monthly work management book reviews No work from home allowed but hours aren't extremely strict

Cons

Impossible to move up unless you belong to their cult church. Pay is about 40% less than what comparable KC companies offer. Company lacks direction or focus.

1.0
23 Jun 2020
Recommend
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Business outlook

Pros

Not many. The cons certainly outweigh the pros.

Cons

Worked here for about a year. This is not the place for you if you are an open-minded, enlightened person that is looking to work with people that share similar traits. Homophobic and other insensitive terms are frequently thrown about as insults by the core group that has worked here for awhile and make up their leadership team. They all know each other outside of work and thus look out for one another and seemingly see nothing wrong with using talk like that in their workplace. And while it might be okay with them, it makes for a very uncomfortable environment for those of us that are empathetic and caring to those that are different than us. When I brought up my uncomfortableness with the offensive terms to my superior and the owner, I was told something would be said to rectify the situation. This never happened and the behavior continues unchallenged. It’s also worth noting that references to a certain WWII leader by the name of Adolf are frequent here. This includes a game that is often played here that is Adolf themed. I’m not sure how it’s not obvious that playing a game like that is completely inappropriate for the workplace. Aside from the insensitive and incendiary language/behavior, there is also a major lack of organization and efficient/effective processes. This leads to confusion for new employees and sets them up for failure and eventually results in their firing. There were about 7 people fired in the course of my tenure there. Turnover is extremely high, which doesn’t and shouldn’t instill confidence in the odds of you having a long career here should you be able to look past all the issues listed above. One last note... pretending to be a company that cares about women in the workplace to win new business is entirely dishonest and shameful. So if you are looking for an ethical company, you should look elsewhere.

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Code Koalas Response
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We are sorry to learn that you had such a negative experience with us. While everyone has work and growth to do, we are not a homophobic workplace, nor do we support fascism in any of its forms. We do, however, enjoy playing a wide variety of table top games together outside of pandemic times, including Secret Hitler. The object of the game is to defeat fascism, not glorify it. When you brought up your discomfort regarding inappropriate speech to leadership, we immediately reached out to you about it, learned everything you were willing to share, had direct conversations with each member of the leadership team, and led an anti-harassment training. As you did not wish to share specifics about which employees were saying these things, we could not direct conversations to any specific employees, but have continued to keep the issue at the forefront as we manage, and continue to keep a closer eye on slack for any offensive content. Regarding turnover, we have a turnover rate similar to or below most digital agencies, and are proud of our onboarding and training policies.
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