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Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at SoundHound for 2 years
March 21, 2017
3.0
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

Smart and talented coworkers.

Freedom to work on various projects and move within the company.

Fast-moving projects, fast-growing company.

Opportunity to learn a wide breadth of technologies and develop skills.

The product is pretty cool; normal people use it.

Fun people who organize events outside of work.

Free lunch.

Still a mostly informal workplace (slowly becoming more corporate).

Cons

Pay/benefits aren't competitive for the area.

Lack of upper management transparency (direction, finances).

Lack of internal employee resources (no anonymous tip/suggestions, understaffed HR).

Problem employees are kept on.

Interpersonal issues are swept under the rug.

Advice to Management

Teams and progress suffer from understaffing, so offer more competitive pay to attract and retain talent, and invest in your employees.

Start spending money to grow the userbase (sponsor events, increase marketing budget, more general dev community involvement). Simply making the product better isn't enough anymore.

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