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      Heavy micromanagement and paranoid executives - Frontend Developer Pismo Employee Review

      3.0
      9 May 2023
      Frontend developer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Promising innovative platform, easy communication between teams and departments at the time.

      Cons

      Executives overly paranoid about employees working hours even though the job opening was advertised as a laid back and flexible work environment. Insane threats to employees without ever taking into consideration real performance metrics and other culture checkpoints besides their biased opinions. Also it's really weird how they tried to look at developers screens to see if they were working or not in an office that was super small lol

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      Pismo Response
      3y
      Thanks for taking the time to share with us this feedback about your experience. Feeling under threat or micromanaged aren't part of the experience we aim to create for our team members, and if you'd like to chat more about your experience, feel free to reach out: nicholas.green@pismo.io Nicholas Green, Head of Employee Experience

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      5.0
      13 Sept 2023
      Technical writer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      The company is doing very well and growing fast. The founders genuinely seem to care about employee satisfaction. The culture is inclusive. The pay is good. And you get to work from home!

      Cons

      Pismo is due to be acquired by Visa as soon as they get regulatory approval. This isn't necessarily a bad thing. The contract includes a provision that the founders will keep working for the company for at least 4 years. Everyone who wants to continue working for the company will become Visa employees. Every indication is that Visa is happy with the way the company is being run and doesn't want to make a lot of changes. The only con is the uncertaintly. There's no guarantee that they won't change things for the worse down the road.

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      1.0
      31 Mar 2025
      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      They have really nice Visa logo lunch boxes

      Cons

      There is a long list of failed lean core companies with better product and better leadership that had a better chance of succeeding in the US. Being owned by Visa doesn’t change the fact that Pismo is led by amateurs looking for a big payout

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      Pismo Response
      1y
      Hello! We truly appreciate your feedback. We take the experiences shared by our employees very seriously, as they are essential to our growth. We will carefully review your points and share them with the relevant teams to ensure we continuously improve our work environment. Your engagement is fundamental to the ongoing evolution of our company.
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