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3.4

52% would recommend to a friend

(23 total reviews)
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Sam Lessin and Andrew Kortina

31% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

Fin Exploration has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 23 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Fin Exploration employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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23 reviews
3.0
20 Nov 2016

Operations Agent

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

People here are fun to work with. They hire great people for sure which makes the job more tolerable.

Cons

Path for growth is not clear. You can express different desires to help with certain projects, but they're picky with who they put where. Everyone has to work overnights. Since it is a a 24hr company, the whole team can't get together at any given time.

1.0
23 Jul 2018

Soul Sucking Start Up

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Open office space - Amazing, passionate people. Met some of the best people during my time here - Sunset views

Cons

- Scheduling is a nightmare, with overnights occurring every 2-3 MONTHS. During regular weeks, it's russian roulette on what days you'll get off, despite preferences being set. - On the overnights mentioned above, you'll only have one other person working with you, with no supervisor support whatsoever - Keep an eye on your paycheck. Hours that you should work sometimes don't show up. - You are only allowed two 15-minute breaks and if you "overuse" break time, your job will be on the line - You do not have a voice here. Valid points brought up in scheduled meetings or 1:1's will be ignored. - Office decor and spirit is drab - Clear favouritism across offices

1.0
13 Jul 2018

No Room To Grow

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- The people that work here are the only reason to work here. Met some of my best friends at this job. - Gym stipend - Some office outings(keep in mind not everyone will go because of the 24/7 hours) - 4 Days off that are not taken from your PTO after overnight shifts(to recover)

Cons

- You will be lied to constantly here by upper management trying to string along their employees that progress is happening either in the product or new operation roles, - Training is poor, you will be thrown to the wolves and have to learn 90% more than you were trained for - Management tells employees "you will never be surprised" that you will be let go. However, multiple employees were sent emails from payroll stating they were terminated before they even had that meeting face to face with their managers - You will work overnights every 2-3 months for two weeks, terrible experience as you are extremely understaffed(only working with one other person) with no help - You will work holidays - Your holiday pay will not be added to your payroll and you will have to constantly bring it up and get that money two weeks later - Hours will disappear from your paychecks[Document every second you work here because it will help you when explaining your hours] - You will deal with customers complaining a majority of your day about the cost of the product with no real escalation workflow or support on your end, basically "figure it out" as you go. - You will work weekends and rarely have two days off in a row(the preferences do not work for the schedule because of the poor staffing/ amount of employees) - There is no room for advancement at this time. - You are merely a number to the system, everything is metric based and you are held to that - Management has no idea how to actually manage. Constant issues that will not get resolved no matter how many times you bring them up. - CEO's are extremely out of touch with the company(when there is less than 50 employees). Sad to hear them not know anything about their own product - Engineering will drop new features every day, so be ready to adapt, without warning - You will then spend half your day trying to fix a broken tool that should have been tested before released - Engineering is the Wild Wild West, no real goal in the product, if they like it they will build it, even if it has no real functionality to the Agents role. - There is very little structure in the ops team/management which makes for a lot of "cooks in the kitchen" feel - You will have to wear multiple hats(which isn't bad), but you will get little to no recognition for your input and you will still be expected to hit your metric goals while doing extra projects - Recently, office negativity which lead to a lot of "he said, she said" conversations that make it feel like high school with no resolution in the end. - No real transparency with customers about how product pricing works - Queue work and inbound calls at the same time (no separation between the two) - No benefit or shift differential for working overnight shifts (you will get meals accommodated up to $15 per day, though) - Promise of travel between offices to build culture (SF to PHX / PHX to SF) in the office, but never acted on - You are supposed to have a weekly 1:1 which will likely turn into a monthly if not longer 1:1 due to the unorganized structure

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Fin Exploration Response
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Thanks so much for taking the time to write a review. I'm sorry that your concerns were not addressed satisfactorily while you were employed here at Fin, but I'm grateful for the comprehensive feedback you've provided here; it will be invaluable as we continue to improve and grow. You're absolutely right that there is a steep learning curve here at Fin; training only teaches the most basic skills necessary to start the work, and our toolset is always expanding. Success as an Ops Agent definitely requires that adaptation, experimentation, and self-motivation. However, it's also critical that management provide the team with effective support. Your advice to managers is excellent: guarantee regular 1:1 meetings, institute recurring team huddles, and provide honest, unambiguous answers to tough questions. In addition, bugs with payroll are unacceptable. While we're confident that those issues have been thoroughly resolved, we feel strongly that it's *never* acceptable to delay compensation; that won't happen again. In addition, we're now actively working to grow the team, which should help to address some of your dissatisfactions with the schedule and the energy in the office. Thanks again for your feedback.
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