Typeform reviews

3.3

54% would recommend to a friend

(245 total reviews)
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Jay Choi

51% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Typeform has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 245 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Typeform employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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245 reviews
2.0
Sep 28, 2019
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Pros

Many of the regular employees still working at Typeform are amazing people. There are talented, passionate, and friendly people who are doing their best to take the company to the next level. I met many great friends working there, and many of my former colleagues could say the same. The lunches and barception were great ways to get to know people you didn't work with on a day-to-day basis, and they were much appreciated perks.

Cons

Talented people are leaving. Quickly. The quality of new hires is decreasing, because it's hard to keep up with the volume of leavers. This is especially harmful for a software company, because product knowledge and understanding legacy code is important. This creates bus risk. Good people were fired due to disagreements with people on the leadership team. How can you expect employees to trust the people at the top when they're firing the managers the employees trust, with no transparency? And to top it off, drastically under-qualified people have been brought on board with just as little transparency input from outsiders of the leadership team. The "value" these new leaders are adding is just more process, and then of course more meetings to talk about these ever-changing new processes. It's tiresome. The perks are nice, and the pay seems to be (a little bit under, but close to) inline with what other tech companies in Barcelona pay. However, Typeform is trying to compete globally. This means competing with engineering teams across Europe, North America, etc., which pay a lot higher. To attract more top talent, you have to pay top dollar. Right now, developers can look to other companies in Europe, or even remote positions and nearly double their salaries (more in some cases). Top-down management. Several times all teams were told to drop everything they were doing and focus on another initiative. This has created a tremendous maintenance monster that a few unlucky teams end up in charge of maintaining. Arbitrary, tight deadlines without scoping input from people who will actually be doing the work has led to some questionable quality of work and decreased morale.

5.0
Sep 20, 2019

Best place in Barcelona

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Pros

Been working at Typeform for the last 3 years and have to say I enjoyed almost every single day coming to the office. Apart from very thoughtful perks, like free organic lunches, gym membership, unlimited holidays, coffee and beer for free at Barception, and more... the culture is very healthy, honest and work focused. It is true that we are now on a journey for results, but it's an understandable transition while the company grows. Also, empathy around employees is very high. If you have a problem, need help with anything, most people are happy to jump in to help however they can. Work itself can be challenging, new things come up and also as any startup, you can "build your own adventure" and try to propose new initiatives, as long as you own them.

Cons

The downsides of working here would be the same as any startup. Lack of direction, you can feel a bit lost sometimes, and your recent work might go to the trash since strategies can change overnight. I understand sometimes it's not the nicest thing, but it's what I signed up for, so no complains.

1.0
Sep 19, 2019

Avoid at any cost!!!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Up to 6 months ago, the best people you ever worked with. Amazing vibes. Great office and perks. All gone now. Destroyed by terrible leadership.

Cons

The new CEO is a sociopath. Sacked anyone who ever disagreed with him. Then replaced them with a bunch of mediocres who agree to anything he says and feed his insatiable ego. Most were appointed with no previous process. Lots of people being fired for no apparent reason other than speaking their mind. Everyone lives in fear. No progress whatsoever in over one year since the changes in leadership.

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