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Work at Web3: Must Sell Your Soul

Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Coinbase for 1 year
September 13, 2022
2.0
Doesn't RecommendPositive Outlook
Pros

Good benefits, exciting work and industry, and working with brilliant people. It's a great business with a lot of new things to solve in a new industry.

Cons

An organizational mess, soulless management. You are constantly putting in 60+ hours. Management does not respect your time off. There is constant pressure to work faster. Work-life balance is nonexistent. Hiring the "best" means prove it every day or we forget what you did yesterday. Too much is going on at the same time.

Advice to Management

It's easy to focus on the individual contributors and whip a horse. Look at yourself and the people above you. Staying neutral and focusing on the "work" felt like being part of a dictatorship. You have no voice. "If you don't agree, then leave" mentality is a sham. You all are only getting away with this treatment because there are a lot of individuals that will do anything to break into Web3.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
1.0
Culture and Values
1.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
1.0
Career Opportunities
1.0
Compensation and Benefits
5.0
Senior Management
1.0

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