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Shivakumar Ganesan
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"Good Place to Learn and Grow"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookI worked at Exotel full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Joined as a fresher and you can't ask for a better start in your career
* Smart and awesome people to work with
* Freedom to experiment and Innovate
* CTO is approachable, you can voice your concern and you will be heard. Moreover he is a superb techie and guide.
* You can drive your projects independently
* Loads and loads of learningCons
You sometime feel that pay is a bit less but that covers up for the experience you will get here.
Exotel 2018-08-24 07:33 PDTHelpful (3)
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"greedy founders and management"
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Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at Exotel full-time
Pros
Company with good growth.Leader in the market and first to solutions which competitors follow.Smart people in management
Cons
No rewards for work.Stocks in the company is held only by founders and Cxos.I was told I would be given stocks based on performance but my manager has only been giving excuses for months.Looks like the story is the same with my manager.Also the founders do not get along well and looks like there is only one way of doing things.CEO way.So co-founders are also leaving.Next the management also seem to follow
Advice to Management
You share information irrelevant to us in the name of transparency.But for things like pay and stocks you are not transparent.Ensure other founder and senior people dont leave.Learn ways to work with each other.Dont be kids.Reward your employees well.Founders had their time and leaving.Atleast for rest give some stocks.Dont be greedy
Exotel 2018-12-17 05:27 PST![Exotel Logo]()
"Flexibility"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Exotel full-time
Pros
Team leaders of engineering are qualified and experienced enough to guide new people who come in. There is flexibility to pick things you want to work on and learn along the way.
Cons
None I can think of right now.
Advice to Management
Should focus on senior employee retention.
Exotel 2018-12-06 05:48 PSTHelpful (2)
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"Key people are leaving and so much talk and no action"
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Doesn't RecommendDisapproves of CEOI have been working at Exotel full-time
Pros
Lot of senior people are leaving from Cxos, senior people etc.Lot of hiring. But there is nobody to guide new people. There is lot of talk on what we are going to do, but nothing happens.Sales goes and promises features which are not there and product does not improve the product. It is the same in last 2 years. It is jokeful that some cosmetic change everyone says is a new product. Not everyone will be fooled by it
Cons
Good place to have fun sometimes
Advice to Management
Retain senior people. There is no guidance. Stop promising things in all hands and meetings and big talks. Need action not talks. Half the management team should learn how to talk short and honest. They go on and on and on. I think it is to only hide their mistakes. If you are leaving the company why are you making false promises and hiring.That is lying. Please talk less. Do some work
Exotel 2018-12-03 17:12 PSTHelpful (2)
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"Confidential"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at Exotel (Less than a year)
Pros
1. Lots of opportunities to learn.
2. Flexible work hours.Cons
1. No opportunities for career growth.
2. Appraisal/promotion is not done on merit.
3. Too much time spent on meaningless meeting, discussions. In fact senior employees try to avoid it by working from home.Advice to Management
1. Keep it real don't say something for the heck of saying it in all hands and end up doing the opposite.
2. Whenever an opening is available pass
the information within the company and give priority to an existing employee so he/she can prove themselves and get the position.
3. Except the COO none of the management is approachable .
4. Don't promote somebody because he/she is more visible in the company.
5. Get a proper HR and treat employees greivances seriously.Exotel 2018-12-02 05:52 PSTHelpful (1)
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"Clueless middle management."
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Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Exotel full-time (More than a year)
Pros
- There are a few really good engineers in the company and if you get a chance to work with them you will learn a lot.
- CXOs are great.Cons
- The entire middle management was hired in the last few months and are clueless about most things.
- Some very dumb managers, who say things for the sake of saying things and do not understand engineering.
- A very very slow paced company. It's all talk about this and that but the product has changed very little in the last 2-3 years. 0 innovation.
- The product team pretend to be the gods within the company and are clueless about tech and most of the products that they have come up with after months of research are things that a fresher would build as a college project. Engineers rarely have a say in new products, or features being added.Exotel 2018-12-05 10:20 PSTHelpful (2)
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"Good Company but no stocks"
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I have been working at Exotel full-time
Pros
Good company with continuous growth. Lot of opportunities with international expansion and scope to learn and grow
Cons
Bad compensation with very less stocks. Founders have most of the stocks and rest of the stocks with core team members. Some of the core members are also leaving. To hire and retain good talent they need to give more stocks to employees.
Advice to Management
Think about your compensation. Culture is not a replacement for compensation. In startups everyone would want to make money for the risk, not only founders and core team. Dont be stingy
Exotel 2018-08-11 05:28 PDT![Exotel Logo]()
"Fun hard working startup"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookI have been working at Exotel full-time
Pros
Fun workplace, nice people , good work and great office location. One of the top brands in B2B space. (This also makes it easy to get job in other startups when you move it). All senior leaders have tech and product knowledge
Cons
Need to build more loyalty. Fresher employees are not stable with what they want. Causes lots of attrition and break in momentum. Internal Brand building is bad.
Advice to Management
Speed up product development. Improve internal branding. COO CMO could involve more in tech since they have strong expertise in that and hands will help
Exotel 2018-08-08 05:09 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Real people solving real problems and making real monies"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookI have been working at Exotel full-time (More than a year)
Pros
- Passionate young crowd
- Customer & result oriented
- Freedom to work, communicate & experiment
- Multicultural yet single mindset
- Flexible work timings
- Great place to learn & grow
- Optimistic and happy people
- Smart folks that work really hard
- and did I mention about partying? Real party peopleCons
- Can be future ready
- Can be more disruptive with tech
- Can build complementary products to serve existing customers that don't directly depend on operators or infraAdvice to Management
- Raise some funds for quality hiring
- Keep pushing. You guys are doing great!Exotel 2018-07-26 21:42 PDTHelpful (4)
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"Rude toxic work culture!"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookI have been working at Exotel full-time
Pros
top minds in the industry
best place to grow if u r willing to learn
scope for growth is awesomeCons
rude managers and colleagues
top management doesnt care about this, so managers r seen yelling at their subordintes all the time. all they care about is delivering. doesn't matter how.
no work life balance, despite what the COO tellsAdvice to Management
if the co-founders remain blind to this situation,soon u 3 will b the only people left in the company. have fun.
Exotel 2018-07-12 06:16 PDT
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