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1.0
8 Sept 2017
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The Kinetica team has built a unique solution utilizing GPUs for fast data processing & analytics, and the company has managed to obtain a large round of funding, they have quickly built out the core business functions, and they are trying to develop a solution that is viable for enterprise deployments. The organization has done a great job recruiting top talent from the "Big Data" ecosystem and is on the cutting edge of what might be the next generation data analytics solutions.

Cons

Leadership in this organization does not respect or even like each other. The CEO/Founder and the other leaders in this organization are constantly in conflict; there is an absurd amount of internal politics within a fairly small organization and an incredibly high rate of turnover. There have been multiple accounts of questionable ethical employment engagements, lack of core values, including issues related to compensation and stock option grants. Plus their technology is very early, and the story does not match-up with the implementation details.

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5.0
1 Nov 2022
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Pros

- Amazing, differentiated tech in hyper-growth segment - Happy customers who are expanding - Brilliant CEO founder who attracts uber talented engineers

Cons

Just your typical differences between a start up and larger orgs.

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5.0
11 Sept 2017
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Pros

The first thing I immediately noticed when I joined almost a year ago was the level of expertise and depth of technical knowledge of everyone in the company. I am constantly learning something new every single day by working with some of the smartest engineers I have worked with in my 20-year career in technology. Having come from a long career in consumer web products, it has been refreshing to work on core technology powering the enterprise and working with data and performance at scale. A recent solid round of funding has given the company the ability to scale quickly and enter many new markets while being able to grow engineering to achieve some amazing milestones in the product. Work-life balance and flexibility is also a plus. Leads understand work doesn't always need to happen between fixed hours of the day. Team members respect and appreciate each other enough that everyone will get the job done in a timely, professional, and performant manner. Culture of open communication and candor with understanding that we work as a team and any individual improvements contributes to more successful team. We are constantly innovating and solving fun and challenging problems.

Cons

Just going through typical challenges of scaling, growing, and maturing from startup to a high performance organization. Slowly hiring key roles needed for growing teams and putting in place necessary processes and methodology so things are getting better every day.

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