Some good things but poor working culture - Software Engineer Conductor Employee Review

3.0
17 Jul 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Cool technology and problems, some very smart people. If you're young you will make some friends here if that's important to you. Enough perks to make it ok working here. No dress code, some snacks, and beer. Pretty good place for a first or second job out of college. It's not great but it's not that bad.

Cons

Promotions seem almost made up in Sales and there might be more demotions/firings than promotions in technology. Culture of micro managing, passive aggressiveness, big egos, and a lot of politics considering what the company is right now. Although there are smart, good people to work with, there are a lot that are not. Company direction is poorly communicated and there is a new marketing spin on what the company/product does basically every year. There is a features race with competitors and the result is rushed, buggy features, and downtime. Hiring more and more people, working longer hours, and having impossible goals is leadership's answer to everything. Managers sometimes lead multiple teams and have too much responsibility or are only in charge of themselves and maybe one other person. As someone else mentioned, management refuses to acknowledge outsourcing. There is a clear dichotomy between Sales and Tech/Product and have even heard technology referred to as a "non-revenue" team even though they create the product. As an engineer you are expected to be available at all hours of the night and at all times and always have your laptop with you. If you are not, everyone assumes you are less dedicated. A lot of turnover recently especially in Technology. Some good people have left or moved away to work remotely. There are a lot of "cliques". Frat bros, hipsters, sales people, etc. And a lot of people are having relationships/hookups. The perks have been cut back recently also. No more free bagels, almost never enough food for everyone on friday lunches, and the "gym membership program" is made up. Vacation days total includes holidays. A lot of this stuff seems like it's just for recruiting. Healthcare and dental is not fully paid for, no 401k matching, bonuses are less than promised although cash bonuses are nice, and don't count on making money off of your stock options. Even though it's not really a startup anymore, some of that should be expected given where the company is.

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5.0
20 May 2026
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Pros

Conductor is a great company with incredible leadership and a product that customers love. The company culture is the best I have ever experienced in my career and employees are truly valued.

Cons

The advent of AI has dramatically changed Conductor's industry.

3.0
28 Jan 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good experience with the people so far, feel like everyone is generally friendly and it's a small enough company that it's easy to connect with people to learn about their positions. Good experiences so far with managers who are generally warm and friendly. Relatively good work life balance, you work remotely all month of August and you can travel.

Cons

Biggest con personally is the low pay, just among the lowest you can make in a starting position and it takes about 1.5-2 years to scale into a better place as an SDR which is odd to me because its a position that on average folks spend that amount of time in before moving up. I believe it causes higher turnover in the first year as an SDR and would love to see a higher starting pay and clearer path forward to improve motivation and retention. I also wish they had mentioned in the interview that commission is 50% taxed, I understand this is common practice but didn't feel like there was great transparency on this. Lastly, feel like theres an unbalanced approach to in person office culture, it doesn't seem to be applied equally across all teams (for instance the Sales team seems to have the most pressure to be in person, most other teams it seems are are able to work remotely more flexibly). Just makes it confusing when you can ask to work remotely due to weather or personal reasons, only to show up and find that you are the only one in office which can be frustrating and cause unnecessary tension.

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