If You Get in, You're a Rockstar - From the Founder - Founder Axosoft Employee Review

Here's the deal: We're working on some amazing things. The world's top software companies and teams depend on our tools to do their jobs. It’s extremely rewarding, but things can get tough from time to time. We make mistakes. You'll probably make mistakes. We encourage risk-taking, which can lead to mistakes. You'll be working hard, making decisions fast, with lots of unknowns. You're doing things that have never been done before, and there's no roadmap. We are charting our own way. If you choose to be a part of this company, you can expect this work to be some of the most satisfying work you've ever done. You can also expect it to be challenging. Your work will touch hundreds of thousands of software engineers around the globe! Software engineers from Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Netflix, Apple, Tesla, Slack and virtually all other major companies use the products and features that you will help make. We have interns who have shipped code that touches 250,000+ developers in their first month! It doesn't get much better than this. You might be thinking, if it's so awesome, why are there some negative reviews about Axosoft by some former employees? Alright, lets talk about that... We hire only the top people in their field. As a result, we have some really, really smart people with lots of strong opinions. It's awesome! It’s truly an honor to work with such brilliant people every day. We meet, we argue, we make ourselves heard. Then we make decisions and the team gets behind those decisions. But, like any other company, sometimes our hires are a miss. I hired one such miss a few years ago. He was like cancer that spread like wildfire in my company. I didn't stop him in time because I didn't realize what was happening. Like most cancer cells, this individual looked like any other great employee. He was smart, he was a great programmer and he even showed some leadership skills. However, he was extremely cynical. He viewed everything with a negative lens. He had an us vs. them mentality, separating the team from management (including me), with an extremely cynical view of any decisions made. He had turned the team on themselves, and against management. Within a short period of time, this cancer had spread in the company. None of these people were bad people, but they had started to view every decision with a negative filter. One by one, we started losing great people. People I love and respect. It was painful. It was my fault. I didn’t act quickly enough. But when I did, it was too late. It was clear that a small portion of the team had a negative view of the company and of me. To fix the problem, we gave everyone the option to take a severance package, and encouraged anyone who viewed the company negatively to take the severance. Several people chose the option to leave. It was sad. We lost some extremely talented people that day. Some of them were my friends and it hurt. Unfortunately, some of the people we lost also decided to lash out at the company through a series of negative reviews and personal attacks. My wife (who is the CEO of the company) and I run Axosoft together. We each have our strengths and weaknesses. Those strengths and weaknesses tend to compliment each other. Some reviewers have tried to use this against us, attacking us individually or attacking other brilliant managers, trying to undermine all the amazing people that work at Axosoft. OK. Whatever. It is what it is. I get that's their only way of lashing out. But great people don't need to lash out. They can focus on results. Here’s something I can say unequivocally: since our big d-day (it’s been over a year now), the company has flourished. Our growth has accelerated. We have created new products that are getting rave reviews, and our revenues have skyrocketed. Most importantly, we have rebuilt a team that believes in the product, in the company, in the management and is more bullish about our future than ever before. It doesn’t get any better. If you choose to work at Axosoft, you'll be working with some of the most amazing people in Arizona. Even the worst reviews confirm this fact.