Originate Reviews

The biggest con is the lack of compensation. An engineering salary there is much lower than other companies in the area, including most startups. The equity/profit sharing is not worth much, the medical plan is not good, and there is no 401k matching. But hey there are free snacks I guess. It it also a very chaotic environment with no central leadership. This unfortunately leads to employees working longer hours than needed, and unhappy clients. Management is not very open, which leads to distrust. The work itself is not as interesting as everyone claims. It's mostly building software for large companies. The office is also very compact and loud. It's oftentimes difficult to get work done with all the noise. I think a lot of people on here are probably biased. In my opinion, it would be better to just work for a large tech company or as a contractor, and make a lot more money.

Here are my main problems: * The management continually makes decisions that contradict what the employees of the company want * The stock options are a joke * The great engineers are spread so thin on projects that they can't offer guidance to the more junior engineers * People keep getting hired/promoted who don't deserve it, and those who do deserve promotions are often times forgotten about * Management has no idea what people are doing at any point in time. You can not do any work on a project and no one will know/care so projects are always delayed * The culture in the company has almost completely left, and because of that it seems that most of the old employees have left or are planning to leave * The company is pretty bad at getting new projects, so often times there are engineers doing nothing