Pros
Many of the people you work with are intelligent, compassionate, and want to change a massive industry for the better. Some roles have great work/life balance, others… not so much. Benefits are not bad (again, depending on your role). The company does have a commitment to DEI, although delivering on it has been challenging (most female leadership positions have been eliminated). However, their People Operations team understands the importance at the very least, which is comparatively good. EQs POPs team is genuinely the best part of the company.
Cons
Your mileage may vary greatly depending on your role. If you will work within the insurance agency, it’s an alright position to get experience and then move on. It’s a cold call grind, well under market for compensation, and a very unstable business unit that has shrunk to less than 1/10th of its size since its creation. Senior leadership didn’t understand (and still don’t) how to scale a business at this level, and a lot of people have paid the price. If you’ll be an engineer, particularly in Belfast, you may find it rewarding. Very intelligent peers, and great experience in the process. However, still unstable. EverQuote has laid off at least some employees nearly every quarter since Q3 2022. Some were large (Q2 2023), some were low-key, but you’d now be hard-pressed to find an EQ employee that has worked there any longer than 2 years. EverQuote is a small-cap company. There has not been and likely will not be a long-term vision. Each quarter is tunnel vision for the next earnings call, which would be excusable if it brought results. It hasn’t.