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Good idea or bad idea to work there? Currently interviewing. Have liked the vibe so far, but what is this company’s end game? They’ve been around 13 years, are on series G funding…..
3 years lol. I interviewed there in 2017. Series G is like 8,rounds in. Is there any equity left? It doesn’t seem like much of a product. Uber for handymen and pet sitters? Uber is super profitable, and the people who do these jobs will absolutely give customers their direct number after the first gig. There’s no most at all. They’re competing against FB marketplace, nextdoor, and every gig economy company out there. I’d treat it as a cash only gig, those options are worthless unless the fed decides to go back to ZIRP
Whoops typo! I meant 13
I don't think you understand the product or business. We're a home services company, that's the majority of our business and where we're focusing. We don't care if we get disintermediated right now - we want you to have a great experience finding a plumber on the platform so that next time you need an electrician, you come to us. Unit economics are also much better than Uber because we are not directly facilitating or guaranteeing the transaction and taking on all the costs that entails. Angi, Yelp, Google are our big competitors, not nextdoor or FB.
Culture is good, base pay is good, pto/wlb is very good we get around 34 days off a year + a lot of holidays Stock is not worth as much as recruiters will tell you, i would push for more Tech stack is solid and is fairly engineer driven. People are smart for the most part. It is definitely not a rocket ship but the company will ipo we have been meeting all of our revenue and growth goals despite the current economic climate. I came from faang and the culture is definitely better here.
when do they say the ipo will be?
Probably 1.5 to 3 years. This is not a good market to bring a company public
Any word on how the interviews went? What did the OP think? Any indications on whether they have any kind of strategy for AI? I personally would be very wary of a pre-IPO company that does not have an AI strategy.
I still have finals coming up…
every tom dick and harry has an ai strategy these days. hard not to use ai than use ai at this point
Surprised to hear they were hiring. Actually, they’ve been around for 15 years! In terms of working there — are they profitable yet? Are they planning to IPO soon? Do they have a pivot or strategy for the AI world? The danger of negative profits is heightened during times of high interest rates — it’s harder to get additional rounds or acquired when interest rates are so high. You can definitely ask them about their AI strategy during interviews — it’ll show that you are smart/interested and also help you gather information on whether they are going to succeed or are in trouble.