Good people - Senior Software Engineer Exygy Employee Review

5.0
26 Sept 2016
Recommend
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Pros

There are lots of good things to say about Exygy, but the most important is that it is staffed by *good people.* I've never worked at a company where everyone was genuinely nice. There's almost no office politics, no backbiting, nobody looking over their shoulder or trying to cast blame, and no lousy attitudes. Management works very hard to support employees and give them chances to grow professionally. Employees feel very enfranchised; management makes a lot of effort to include employees on policy decisions. Lots of flexibility too. You can work from home and/or telecommute as much as you want. Unlimited time off is nice too. Exygy is a certified B corp, which means we are required to do a majority of our work for "mission aligned" organizations. Typically you have to choose between doing good work and being highly compensated. Somehow, Exygy has found a "sweet spot" where we can work for the global good and still make good money at it. Speaking of which - the work we do is amazing. In a single week, I can help fight cancer, global warming, and the Zika virus. I'm really proud of the work we do here.

Cons

In order to offer a generous compensation package to employees, we can only take large contracts, and most employees work at or above capacity. (For the last 8 weeks or so, I've done 40-50 billable hours per week.) That means we have to turn down a lot of projects that are too small, no matter how awesome they are. Not as many minor perks as other places, but that's ok, I can buy my own lunch.

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5.0
17 Sept 2024
Anonymous employee
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Pros

It is great to work fully remote

Cons

No, cons for me at the moment.

2.0
19 May 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

- The mission-driven work has attracted a wealth of talented, generous, empathetic people who are a joy to collaborate with. - A union was formed last year, which seems to have had a positive impact pushing back on the company's deteriorating direction.

Cons

- Extremely poor leadership has contributed to having to lay off almost half the company in the last 6 months. Every team was already understaffed, making it a stressful environment where employees feel expendable rather than valued. - Department-level leadership has either been cut or walked out voluntarily, often without another role lined up. The CEO consistently failed to listen to that design, engineering, and product leadership. The direction feels aimless and uninformed. - Despite its stated mission, the products actual impacts on the communities they serve fall well short of what's advertised in my opinion. - Pay is significantly below market rate, and promotions and raises have been paused for many months with no clear path to growth. People are underpaid and overworked, and the mission-driven spin now feels like it is used as an excuse to take advantage of people. - The CEO fought hard against unionization - a stance that sits in direct contradiction to the values Exygy used to publicly claim to hold. - The benefits are nice, but management seems to be trying hard to walk them back.

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