Cue Reviews

The company is heavily micromanaged by the CEO. Some director level people are incompetent and lack technical skills and management experience to run groups. Most of the seasoned scientists have their hands tied and are suffocated under the management. Independent thinking is restricted and anyone who questions, challenges or does not deliver the “correct” result in arbitrary timelines are set aside to do work with minimal impact. Company suffers from the lack of scientific leadership and proper project management. The CEO is a bully who creates a culture of intimidation and fear. He has no respect for people’s life outside work, and may request you to cancel your children’s dentist appointments, change your vacation plans, fly home early from abroad, not to mention work over weekends at a moment’s notice many times for no reason other than to see how far his authority goes. He does not take criticism or constructive comments from anyone, overpromises the investors, and then lashes out to the weakest links for not delivering unrealistic results. About 20% of the company’s workforce has walked out in the past few months, so the turnover is getting high. Environment here is toxic, abusive, unprofessional and unethical. Poor healthcare plans, 3 sick days, 6 national holidays observed, no 401K match, no bonuses, no yearly salary increases.

I can’t think of a single reason why anyone would pay hundreds of dollars for a covid tests (plus needing a reader that costs hundreds as well) when there are so many options out there for much cheaper. Cue has sunk an insane amount of money into their company and will never be profitable. Covid won’t last forever and their other tests have the same cost issues with the cartridges and readers. So much effort has gone into these covid tests and though they are useful and accurate, they’re digging themselves a grave. The stock price is terrible and the company is going down the drain. Get out while you can. Also, skip all the 5 star reviews. It’s so easy to see that the company is writing those. Here’s a tip: if you want a review to look real, don’t put “none I can think of” or a (fake) positive aspect of the company in the “Cons” section.