Smartvue Reviews

3.8

63% would recommend to a friend

(13 total reviews)

Martin Renkis

88% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

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13 reviews
1.0
16 Feb 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

-Good salaries if you can avoid being laid off every quarter when they don't meet their numbers -Exciting industry

Cons

-CEOs may be good at raising investment capital, but they are not always good at running companies.- -Mismanaging company funds -No health insurance (although they offer a stipend) -No 401-k -They have so many ideas and try to roll them all out. Every day they seem to be going in a different direction. -Workers constantly wondering whether they will have a job the next day or if the company will still be around -Engineers are overworked and expected to work nights and weekends 60-80 hours per week

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Smartvue Response
11y
Thank you for posting this review. I appreciate the honest feedback and value everyone who has contributed to the company. We do our best to provide generous salaries and health insurance, including a stock option plan for us all to share in the value we are creating. There was a time that our engineers put in many extra hours and weekends to meet key deadlines, it was hard and I appreciate every single hour which helped us get to where we are today. We paid extra bonuses for some of this time and now that we are past those deadlines, we offer a more balanced work life. Our company has a board of directors which reviews all of our spending and we have an annual audit all of our financials by a major accounting firm. With that said, managing a fast growing company is always a challenge and there are ups and downs on the path. To help stabilize this growth, we recently closed a $15M round of funding to hire additional engineers as well as an experienced president with extensive operations experience. I appreciate the advice and will continue to work to continue to improve the experience here at Smartvue for every single team member.
5.0
24 Jan 2018

Great environment

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great group of people to work with. Lots of communication to employees about companies future.

Cons

Most employees are overworked. High turnover rate

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Smartvue Response
8y
Thank you for the feedback, its important to me and the company as a whole. I appreciate the comment about communication, we work hard to be transparent and "share" in our growth as a company. In regards to turnover rate, as you may know, Nashville is growing dramatically and competition for talent continues to grow at the same time. We are launching a proactive effort to make sure we stay ahead of the growth to continue to offer the best jobs, with the most interesting growth opportunities, at the best salaries in Nashville. In regards to workload, I will bring that to the attention of our executive staff for individual reviews. We are committed to a balanced work environment.
2.0
6 Sept 2017

IT Operations Manager

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The culture of the teams that you worked with, and the products that are innovative to the IOT market.

Cons

The company lacked organizational structure and strategic strategy.

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Smartvue Response
8y
Thanks for the honest feedback and advice. Running a business in a fast changing sector such as IoT requires we move quickly on some fronts and wait for customers to catch up on others. This may look like lack of strategy, but where we are is becoming comfortable with a certain level of the unknown. With that said, there are some decisions I regret not making earlier that cost us momentum and am committing more time to listen to all the staff and our board. I wish you best of luck and thank you for your work here.
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