Insight Timer Reviews

4.3

82% would recommend to a friend

(44 total reviews)

78% positive business outlook

Insight Timer has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 44 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Insight Timer employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Personal consumer services industry (3.6 stars).

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44 reviews
2.0
11 Apr 2019

CEO creates a very toxic environment

Anonymous employee
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Pros

-Things move very quickly -Really promising app with lots of happy users -Pay is competitive -Mostly great people in the company

Cons

There are no designers or product managers, the CEO (Christopher Plowman) tries to do everything himself, resulting in constant organizational chaos and extremely inefficient processes. He can be very irrational and impatient meaning that everyone that works with him needs to be a yes man at all times. This has a trickle down effect that breeds a very toxic culture. There are frequent late nights and weekend work required to keep him happy and it turns into a blame game when things go wrong.

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Insight Timer Response
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Dada Bhagwan observed that "though others have a right to criticise you, you shouldn’t criticise others". He’s right... and we shouldn't be discouraged by anonymous keyboards, no matter how much they're designed to hurt. Start-ups almost always have rational intent (a belief system or mission) and irrational processes (resources and funding). What binds these two opposites? Happiness. Do you laugh a lot in meetings? Are you proud of your work? Can you be yourself? Spend time with our team and you’ll see laughter and authenticity all day long. For some people happiness also means autonomy, and at Insight Timer this is unavoidable. Our Android and iOS teams are responsible for the meditation practice of 7.5 million people. Our Community managers are responsible for translating our mission to many more around the world. And our customer support team responds to thousands of people around the clock while the publishing team nurtures 4,000 teachers and musicians. Being impatient for change is what drives us. It gets us up in the morning. It creates energy, buzz and momentum. It leads to refinement and better ways of doing things. We have so little time to prove that commercial and conscious objectives can co-exist. Time is everything. Companies normally measure happiness with Retention. Do team members choose to stay or do they go? If you’re compassionate, talented and impatient for change, come join Insight Timer. There are many more of us who choose to stay.
1.0
22 Oct 2020

Good product, bad environment

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Really good product to help people meditate

Cons

Very fast paced and stressful environment, work hours are ridiculous, micro management, no designers only the CEO who takes all the decisions and gets irritated very easily if things aren't done the way HE wants. Huge turnover...

2.0
21 Apr 2021

Toxic company culture

Anonymous employee
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Pros

It’s great to work on the product with a positive impact. However, company’s internal culture is a far cry from what is supposed to stand for – kindness towards ourselves.

Cons

The product and the company itself seems to be driven by completely opposite values. New employees are given two months probation period and half of them wouldn’t make it. The reasons? Hard to tell... You won’t receive much feedback. No one gets the chance to improve, you are simply fired. Once you last longer you can expect lots of micromanagement. It’s definitely a CEO-centered company where people are afraid to have an opinion. The whole company works in a very waterfall style, investing months into developing projects that haven’t been properly validated or tested.

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