Wonderful mission outweighed by inept, power-hungry CEO - Anonymous employee NoRedInk Employee Review

1.0
8 May 2019
Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Employees are incredibly smart, driven, and kind - Mission is very easy to buy into

Cons

- No other way to put it: CEO would clone himself to run every team if he could. No trust in leadership, which results in lack of clear priorities and stilted growth. - Massive turnover in the past year. Entire leadership team has left. - CEO is obsessed with feeling like he won...even if this means undercutting someone's comp by a meager $2k-$3k just to feel like he got the last word in. - Fine job if you're far removed from interacting with CEO, but I'm not long on company's prospects given the above.

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NoRedInk Response
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Thank you for taking the time to submit your review. We are committed to hiring mission-driven people whose values align with ours and to building a culture where all can thrive, so welcome your feedback as part of our learning process. It’s great to read you enjoyed working with your team members and connected with our mission! Our compensation philosophy is shaped by our values and desire for a diverse, inclusive workforce, and one of the key ways to promote this is to lead with our best offer using market data. This practice ensures internal equity and that candidates of comparable skills are paid the same, regardless of their ability to negotiate. NoRedInk has faced some of the growing pains over the past year that many start-ups do, but we are proud of what we have accomplished and have been excited to see some of our early leaders and employees continue to grow through new and/or expanded opportunities. We are also excited to have further built out the leadership team with experienced executives and have plans to expand it even more. This will allow us to scale effectively and our CEO to focus his attention on the most impactful ways he can best influence our success.

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