Good on paper, not on your bank account - Anonymous employee Adafruit Employee Review

3.0
23 Mar 2024
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good coworkers, flexible environment, understanding management, decent benefits, lots of opportunities to earn extra vacation days.

Cons

Starting wages suck and the salaries are below industry standard. Annual raises are capped at 3% which is abysmal. You won't make a lot of money here, but you will have stability in other ways

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Pros

Good starting pay, flexible schedule. Headphones are allowed and lots of great coworkers and breaks.

Cons

Hudson Square location does not have a ton of good food options.

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2.0
10 Oct 2023
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Pros

Benefits right when you get hired. It's an easy job and its a relaxed environment. They did good for the employees during the pandemic. They have very generous PTO.

Cons

TOO Relaxed of an environment. There is very little accountability to the actions of employees. You could disappear for an hour and nobody would question you. The attitude and morale also stinks. There are obviously people there who WANT to work and its just so sad to see people waste their talent in this job vacuum. PEOPLE WITH GOOD IDEAS FOR COMPANY CHANGE BEWARE: They will only promote people who will keep quiet and maintain the status quo. AND if they DO plan on changing something, it either takes a year or it never happens. Also, they only do hires by referral and that leads to some rampant nepotism. The CEO is a nice person and does some great things for the maker community, but she is more of an engineer than a CEO.

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