Elastic Reviews

Pros

1. Amazing People & Managers 2. Flexible work culture & challenging work 3. Great parental leave policy (16 weeks)

Cons

Rewards and recognition could be better.

Advice to Management

Nothing much. Keep this culture forever

Pros

Majority of the people are great, the few that aren't are toxic and spoil what a great company it once was and what it could be.

Cons

- Very political - Preach culture, but dont follow it - Toxic environment - blame culture, do not work as team, teams run on fear, ridicule, constant negativity. - ELT boasts how everything is so great, but on the ground thats not the case. - Micro-management- no trust of the people they hire

Advice to Management

you have great teams across the organisation who are being set up for failure by managers who dont fit the culture, have no people skills, but excel at the political play. Is that really what Elastic is about or wants to be?

Pros

I have worked at Elastic for 2.5 years, am a female, and am proud to work for a company that embraces working parents and respecting their homelife (amazing parental leave for Moms + Dads), the ability to work remotely where possible, and overall, the trust that is put in us who do work from home and don't feel held back in our career or overlooked for not being located in an office. This is why Elastic has built a... fantastic, global company from the start -- it is all about the trust + leadership of Elastic. Our diversity is incredible -- we have employees in roughly 40-different countries and represent an amazing amount of cultures, ethnicities, backgrounds, languages. Elastic is working hard to balance out our gender diversity as a tech company and I truly believe/feel that my voice and opinions are heard around this topic as a female in Tech. I am so proud to be a part of a company that makes me feel fulfilled and gives me the ability to thrive in a remote setting.

Cons

I've seen us go from 500 employees to now 1600 plus - keep up the great work, I've seen constructive feedback be addressed and implemented immediately. No cons to report.

Pros

Elastic is very forgiving about having a distributed workforce and does not force everyone to adhere to an office. That's great.

Cons

Quotas here are not realistic and a lot of people in sales are seeing the light. Management keeps raising numbers without offering any strategy for getting there. Work life balance is a total joke, and you will catch management's bad side for trying to work a solid 8.5 hour day--- you will never work longer hours for less reward than you will at Elastic. Culture in office is pretty bad, everyone is so demoralized... it is depressing.

Advice to Management

Start listening, you guys are out of touch. Dig in to your survey feedback.

Pros

Top notch, positive, passionate, supportive culture. Open-minded, humble, inclusive environment. Top shelf, ever-adapting, products.

Cons

I'll keep you posted.

Advice to Management

Keep up the transparency. It's hard to find a company, let alone the leadership that is so transparent. #love.

Pros

- Amazing coworkers. Thoughtful, caring, honest, intelligent go-getters all around. - Nearly endless opportunities to learn and grow. - Diversity and inclusion are taken VERY seriously. You can be you. - Company values allow for excellent work/life balance. Meditation, anyone? - Incredible benefits and perks. - Time off is encouraged. - CEO and Founder is truly inspiring.

Cons

Distributed life can be taxing if you're a workaholic, so learn to set boundaries. This is a fast-paced change-intensive company; buckle up. If you're having trouble, it might be time to re-read "Who moved my cheese".

Advice to Management

Keep it up. You practice what you preach, and it's refreshing. This truly feels like the 'flat-hierarchy' that so many companies strive to achieve.

Pros

Nice office space, friendly staff (generally)

Cons

Company is a money hemorrhaging frat house with no real direction. Under-qualified staff of SJWs.

Advice to Management

Better update your CVs

Pros

I came from working at public sector, where I enjoyed a high salary. The rest was just terrible. Everybody was playing the status game. Doesn´t matter your effort or how good you are, you are going to be backstabbed sooner or later by someone else, specially your managers, which completely sucked at everything. Elastic is just the opposite, while keeping the good benefits. So, everything in a pro: Opportunities,... benefits, management, co-workers, work-life balance. Just amazing!

Cons

Too good! if I ever lose this job, or the company collapses, I´m afraid of not finding such a good organization to work in.

Advice to Management

Just keep as you currently are.