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Artifact Uprising

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2.0
13 Apr 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- The individual contributors through the company are talented, hardworking and overall great people - The benefits are excellent (medical / dental insurance 95% premiums, 401k match, team bonding events, product discounts, etc.) - Lots of exciting work to do - Office perks - drinks, snacks, occasional lunches - Delivering meaningful product to the world is very rewarding

Cons

- Absolute zero trust between the most of the company and the CEO and vice versa - CEO is more focused on employees punching a clock than output; you’re only valuable if he sees you working in the office - Company organization is incredibly top heavy, close to ⅓ of the company is in a leadership role, the recent talent drain is causing burnout and with a lack of individual contributors the CEO is focused on hiring more executives to make up for his shortcomings - No equity in the company - No opportunities for career growth - Work / life balance is hit or miss and largely dependent on the team / manager

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Artifact Uprising Response
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Hello and thank you for taking the time to leave this review. We have heard your frustrations and have been working diligently to ensure Artifact Uprising is a place where employees feel valued and trusted to do great work. We understand that the company has undergone many changes and we hope that recent efforts to focus on trust and communication throughout this transformation are improving your experience as an employee. We are continuing to revisit our work from home benefits as well as the expectation of having employees on site. We appreciate hearing your thoughts on this matter and will reference them as we make decisions about these guidelines in the future.

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Pros

Welcoming and fun environment, help coworkers.

Cons

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Pros

The people are great to work with. Colleagues are collaborative, supportive, and genuinely enjoyable to work with day-to-day. The company is financially stable and has a strong market presence. Work-life balance is also realistic and respected.

Cons

Specific to the product manager function, it operates more like product ownership or project management role, with a heavy focus on backlog management and ticket writing rather than strategic work like discovery and vision setting. Leadership tends toward micromanagement, which limits autonomy and decision-making at the team level. There's also a feature factory mentality where shipping output is prioritized over delivering meaningful customer outcomes. Short-term thinking is prevalent, taking away from long-term strategy opportunities. The roadmap is more of an executive team driven approach rather than a hybrid/collaborative approach.

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