Cover Genius Reviews

2.9

48% would recommend to a friend

(169 total reviews)

Angus McDonald

57% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

Cover Genius has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 169 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Cover Genius employee rating is 25% below average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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169 reviews
1.0
9 Aug 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The pros are very few in between. The main pro is that you will definitely advance your skills. That's because you will have to do the job of 2-3 people and work 12h/day, but oh well, a pro I guess?

Cons

- First of all disregard all the 5 star ratings here, employees are pressured into giving a great review during their probation period. - This is peak capitalism. This company chews you up and spits you out in a heartbeat. It starts at the very top, the micromanagement is rampant. - The co-founder overrules decisions left and right and all around there is just a collection of 'yes' men and women. - The compensation is mediocre and the working hours are extremely difficult to manage. - Performance reviews are an absolute joke and a blatant lie. They do not happen every 6 months as they proudly advertise, but rather they happen after 1 year + if you are lucky. - Managers with 0 people skills, empathy or humanity are all over the place.

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Cover Genius Response
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Thank you for sharing your honest feedback. We're genuinely sorry to hear that your experience at Cover Genius was not a positive one. We take each of these concerns very seriously and are currently reevaluating our policies, compensation, performance reviews, and decision-making processes to ensure they reflect a balanced and fair work environment. If you're open to it, we'd appreciate the opportunity to have a private conversation with you. Feel free to reach out to our people team at people@covergenius.com. Your insights are invaluable to us.
1.0
23 Apr 2024

It’s all an illusion

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good engineering practices and the use of up to date technology. Nice office.

Cons

Where should I start, first as has been mentioned many of these 5 star reviews are by new starters who still have their rose colored lenses on, like I did. At first you’ll think they have a good inviting culture, but with time you’ll realize it’s an illusion. Many people in management have complexes and egos that you need to be good at handling, otherwise they’ll view you as a dissident. Feedback is never taken seriously. Performance review is a joke as can be attested by many people at the company. HR and management conspire on their own employees and try to gaslight them into thinking they are bad to get rid of them. Expects you to slave your way into being looked at as “performing above average”. Depending on who you work with, collaboration can be frowned on as you are supposed to be self reliant.

1.0
20 Jul 2023

Questionable management practices

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Benefits - wfh policy - Generally nice people

Cons

- Employees all need to pretend to agree with a Co-founder who micromanages every department. This figure needs to be 100% correct 100% of the time (even when he has no idea or context about the work), and if you argue with them you will get benched or worse - A company that seems to have spent too freely during it's growth phase and is now regretting it as everything is slowing down

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