Top-down management with high turnover and outdated ways of working - Anonymous employee MrQ Employee Review

2.0
4 May 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good exposure to modern AI tools and experimentation. Pleasant office environment with quality facilities. Many colleagues are friendly and capable.

Cons

The company relies heavily on EOS-style quarterly planning and management style (read up on it before applying), with leadership defining in detail what teams will deliver rather than empowering product and engineering teams to determine the best way to Get s**t done (which is funnily enough meant to be a value) This creates a very top-down environment and limits autonomy, ownership, and modern product and engineering practices. There appears to be consistently high turnover across product and engineering, including engineers and managers, which creates instability and makes it difficult to build long-term momentum. Ways of working feel more old fashioned than discovery-led or empowered. There is also an expectation of high availability, contributing to weaker work/life balance than advertised. Also look at the influx of 5 star reviews all at the same time, suspicious?

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MrQ Response
1mo
Thanks for taking the time to leave such detailed feedback and for being part of the Qrew. We’re really glad there were positives in your experience - especially around the people, office environment, and the chance to experiment with newer tools and tech. We also appreciate the honest feedback around autonomy, structure, and ways of working within product and engineering. As we continue to grow, we’re constantly challenging how we work and how we balance alignment with giving teams more ownership over how they deliver. On the reviews point - we actively encourage people across the business to share honest feedback, whether it’s Love Q or Hate Q. Thanks again for keeping it real, and we wish you all the best moving forward.

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3.0
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Pros

friendly colleagues that makes you feel part of the team

Cons

growth plans are a bit low

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MrQ Response
1mo
Good to hear your perspective on your time here — and appreciate you being part of the Qrew. Nice to see the focus on the team and the people side coming through, especially feeling supported and part of the group day to day — that’s something that really matters. We also hear your feedback around growth opportunities. As we continue to scale, making sure there are clear and meaningful paths for development is something we’re always working on. Thanks again for sharing your experience.
5.0
15 May 2026
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Pros

The culture here is the real deal — not the kind that gets plastered on a careers page and forgotten. People are smart, kind, and genuinely invested in each other's success. I've worked at places that talk about "collaboration" and places that actually live it; this is firmly the latter. Leadership is transparent in a way I haven't seen elsewhere. Roadmaps, financials, the reasoning behind hard calls — it all gets shared openly, and questions in all-hands actually get answered, not deflected. When priorities shift, you hear about the why, which makes it much easier to get behind. Growth opportunities are real. I've been given room to stretch into areas outside my original scope, with managers who treat development conversations as ongoing rather than a once-a-year checkbox. Promotions feel earned and well-calibrated. Compensation and benefits are competitive, and the flexibility around remote/hybrid work is treated as a default, not a perk you have to negotiate for. PTO is respected — people actually take it and don't get pinged on Slack. The work itself is interesting. Hard problems, modern tooling, and engineering decisions are made by the people closest to the code. There's a strong bias toward shipping while still investing in quality.

Cons

Honestly, the main downside is that growth has brought some growing pains — processes that worked at a smaller size are being rebuilt, and it occasionally shows. But leadership is aware and actively iterating, which is more than I can say for most places.

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MrQ Response
1mo
Thank you for writing this so thoughtfully — it's a really generous review and we appreciate you taking the time. Everything you've described — the transparency, the genuine collaboration, the space to grow — is something we work hard to protect, so it's great to hear it's coming through in practice and not just on paper. Your advice to management is well taken too. Scaling without losing what makes a place special is one of the harder challenges, and it's something we think about a lot. We won't pretend the growing pains aren't real — they are — but the intention to keep iterating and getting it right is there. Really glad you're part of the team. Reviews like this one remind us why it matters.
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