Inventive Group Reviews

* No benefits for contractors/engineers - no PTO, no paid holidays, no paid sick leave, no 401k, no healthcare, no bonuses; rates aren't nearly good enough to make up for this * Positions are 1099 contract, so you pay self employment taxes * The culture feels inauthentic/forced (you are not an employee, but are meant to feel like one without receiving the benefits employees would get) and focuses around non-engineering roles; recognition is similarly mostly given to non-engineering roles * All hands meetings every month where you get to learn about the PTO the non-engineers/execs took that were funded by the money you don’t get from your own labor * Company pushes engineers to the brink on stressful projects & very little if any support is offered, so burnout & turnover is common * Mental health is not a focus, even for stressful projects (or stressful times for specific engineers) there's not a lot of check ins with engineers about stress levels - * Personal growth of engineers is not considered: you're encouraged to grow in the ways that benefit the company, not yourself/what you're personally interested in * Feedback is often not taken into account or properly addressed, even though it's asked for * Equipment is not provided

The management was overbearing. The CEO and CFO joined many meetings that they didn't need to be involved in. Even though they wanted to be informed, their presence and input slowed our ability to have streamlined and productive meetings. Let the people you hire actually do the job you hired them to do. Designers were often described as "making things look pretty," which made it seem like our job wasn't really respected or fully understood.