HiringThing Reviews

2.8

28% would recommend to a friend

(17 total reviews)

Joshua Siler

47% approve of CEO

19% positive business outlook

HiringThing has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 17 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The HiringThing employee rating is 27% below average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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17 reviews
1.0
7 Jul 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You can work from anywhere The CEO is very transparent and inclusive

Cons

Hire and Fire black people makes the company look bad. As soon as I started, not so long after I was hired, they fired the only black person on the team. Then they fired me for performance. Not to mention the feedback (the reason why I was fired) was not discussed with me prior to terminating me or given time for me to improve. The issues that were mentioned were extremely easy things to improve as I already knew how to correct them. However, I was not informed of these issues. So How would I have known to correct them if I was never informed of them? I was informed in a meeting that if there was performance issues, that there would be discussions about it. There was never a discussion about any of the issues that was mentioned within the exception of one issue. I was given the impression that the issue was minor and to work on improving. I wish I was given the time to discuss with team leads and management my thought process over the matter. I think the reason to fire me was extremely strange and weird. It did not make any sense. I found the job easy and repetitive. I found the entire system easy to use and easy to understand. As a new hire a month in a half working for the company, I was not given a chance to improve. Everyone was nice in the beginning. However, I noticed a dramatic change in attitudes/atmosphere leading up to the time I got terminated. I started to feel ignored. My questions were going unanswered, and maybe I should not have asked many questions, but I was given the impression to ask all the questions even if they were dumb questions. I wanted to try and fit in with the team because they all seem to have been tight-nit. I feel the reason for my termination may have been that as well. Maybe they thought I wasn't a cultural fit. But when you don't have any person of color on your team, then they aren't simply ready to get to know someone from a different perspective, a different way of learning and a different personality trait. All of which were not bad. I tried to fit in the best I could, but my way of fitting in was more-so asking questions. I found this position incredibly easy and nothing difficult or hard about it. My impression of the company in the beginning was extremely positive, but i noticed a sudden shift in attitudes a couple weeks leading up to my termination.

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HiringThing Response
3y
Thank you for sharing this feedback, we're sorry you didn't have a great experience. We strongly value and embrace a diverse culture and environment. HiringThing is committed to reviewing and continuously improving our processes, and we take your feedback very seriously. We will continue to evolve how we communicate and discuss performance-related issues.
2.0
27 Jun 2023

High Turnover Makes Complete Sense

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There are some truly incredible people who work at HiringThing. They are what will continue to keep the brand alive. It's also a really wonderful environment for more entry-level folks across the board looking for a resume build and for a bit more seasoned Product & Engineering people looking to up-level. There is also a good amount of flexibility for people who have unlimited PTO.

Cons

The CEO is a petulant child. It wouldn't surprise me if he drifted off to sleep at night listening to recordings of his own voice.

2.0
29 Aug 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- 100% Remote - Individual contributions can have a big impact on the product - Team off-sites - Company is transparent about direction and finances

Cons

Negative Culture - Culture of blame leaves employees playing hot potato. Toxic personalities are allowed to continue their behavior unchecked likely due to “bus-factor”. - Work Life Balance – Lack of project management leads to the belief that everything should take “5 minutes”. Chronic under estimation of projects and overwork to meet those unrealistic deadlines is the norm. - Quantity over quality – Code quality and maintainability is not valued. Fast work done sloppily is encouraged in order to chase short-term revenue. - Technical Debt – Technical debt does not get paid down instead it gets added to. - Poor Management - Employees are promoted to engineering management positions without proper training or experience. That can make for a very negative work environment if you are their direct report.

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HiringThing Response
4y
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. It is important for us to hear what we are doing well and what we could improve upon. It's great to hear that our core values of transparency, operating 100% remotely, and enabling impactful contributions from the team are appreciated here as a pros. We have been working hard to improve our internal processes and we've made great strides in the areas you have raised as concerns. We have taken a two-pronged approach to tech debt where we aggressively decline to move new initiatives forward that incur new tech debt and we include spikes in sprints to plan the work to pay down existing tech debt. Our pointing system is now entirely in the hands of the engineering teams performing the work, which goes a long way toward putting realistic point values and timelines on projects. While no pointing system is perfect, it puts the control in the hands of those who have the best information on level of effort required for an initiative. We have also implemented a retrospective process into our sprints as a way to neutrally evaluate what went well in a sprint and what opportunities we have to improve processes for the next time. Within the past year, we have implemented a new manager program that combines training with an employee culture and management software platform that supports all managers with key resources to facilitate strong communication with their team members. While we have made a ton of progress over the past year, we can always do better and appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts. -Jess
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