Great for Remote, Self-Driven Engineers - Software Developer SumZero Employee Review

- Strong, smart team - felt like both engineering and business sides were driven by smart capable individuals - Management trusts junior / mid level employees to make key decisions - Good work / life balance - WFH is allowed (this was in 2018, preCovid) and flexible time off - Startup environment that was about results - didnt really get sucked into the whole Silicon Valley mindset

- Probably not as many random "perks" as you would get at another high flying startup

Few if any come to mind

Management is extremely dishonest, and has consistently screwed former employees on everything from compensation (bonus payments & lies of bonuses around the corner), to equity, to benefits. CEO is independently wealthy and status obsessed, and sneers at people from less 'prestigious' backgrounds. Some of management's wildly unprofessional behavior has included firing well liked employees who turned in their two weeks notice, fundamentally misrepresenting arrangements w/ regard to equity, and vulgarly disparaging former employees to current employees. For anyone considering joining the company - please be wary. Management's reputation is so poor in the industry that the co-founder doesn't list his involvement on his Linkedin or the biography on his firm's website. The same can be found with numerous former VPs and sales folks. When SZ spun out of Winklevoss Capital, early employees included graduates of Stanford, Cornell, Princeton, Harvard, Westpoint and other similar caliber institutions. While I don't think educational pedigree isn't enormously important on an individual basis, in aggregate it's clear that the company is finding it more and more difficult to hire talent, so standards have and continue to drop. The ranks of top tier talent has been replaced by graduates of schools including Monash, Wofford, Kansas, and Bentley Universities. I find that the other reviews here are broadly accurate of my experience and would sincerely suggest staying away.