FiscalNote Reviews

2.6

26% would recommend to a friend

(338 total reviews)

Tim Hwang

25% approve of CEO

19% positive business outlook

FiscalNote has an employee rating of 2.6 out of 5 stars, based on 338 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The FiscalNote employee rating is 32% below average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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338 reviews
1.0
7 Mar 2024

Rock bottom

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

I am so happy to have such wonderful colleagues. They really make the sting from everything else less painful. In addition, the aims of the products are noble.

Cons

This place has gone downhill so quickly it is hard to fathom. When I started, I was proud to work here. I was amazed at the folks committed to the mission, the products we had, and the customer satisfaction we provided. This has all ceased to exist. Every facet of the company is completely understaffed. The folks at the top do not seem to understand that when you spread yourself too thin, cut costs, and cut people, things will not run the way they used to. And the worst part is, no one seems to care. Things are no longer working as they should– things clients pay good money for. Staff are being laid off, and new hires come from overseas. We are constantly being gas-lit for how well our company is doing and how we are on the cutting edge of technology. This could not be further from the truth. It is disingenuous to tout how great everything we provide is when mission-critical gaps plague the work we provide the clients– and upper management refuses to restaff or reallocate work to appropriately address them.

2.0
23 Jan 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The people are the best part of FiscalNote, very smart and fun to work with. The tool is best in class and gets great response from perspective clients.

Cons

Extremely misleading in the hiring process, which starts and is reinforced by Tim the CEO. They will ask the world of you, which leads to zero work life balance with out any return. Employees are very frustrated which has lead to a very bad vibe in the office. Business Development is sales and it is extremely aggressive sales on top of that. The company boast culture, but unless your culture is exactly that of Tim's you are out of luck. They use the term "culture" more as something to hang over your head if you have different ideals. If things are going to turn around for FiscalNote the CEO is going to have to start letting the actual senior management (who has actual work experience) make the calls they need to and hire the right people. I would strongly not recommend working here.

1.0
3 Dec 2022

Stay away from this sinking ship

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

There are some great people there. I was paired with a great mentor.

Cons

They went public in August and laid off people two months later. That should tell you all you need to know about the snakes who run this company. They spend money like drunken sailors and when it’s time to pay their employees they pull the plug. They have a pattern of wildly spending money on parties and acquisitions while at the same time laying people off. The CEO and his co founder think they’re smarter than everyone else. What they don’t see coming is the eventual collapse of a company they’ve mistreated and abused for years as they soak up all the money at the top and leave the innocent bystanders behind. Just a bunch of greedy execs at the top who are more obsessed with talking about how they started their company rather than take care of their employees. You can’t run a company like this for long until it finally collapses. And I’ll be right there with the popcorn when it happens. Their middle management is terrible too.

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