empowr reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(133 total reviews)

Michael Pousti

65% approve of CEO

79% positive business outlook

empowr has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 133 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The empowr employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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133 reviews
1.0
Dec 2, 2017

History of corrupt practices

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Free food. You are free to leave.

Cons

Be sure to research the founders, Michael Pousti and Brandie Williams-Smith. I wish I had. Be sure to research their past companies, SMS.ac and FanBox...they had many legal issues related to employee relations as well as fraud and other problems. You will be asked to work for little or no pay, so you can "change the world" which is really just an online MLM thing. Even if this is your first job and you're desperate, don't accept an offer. You will regret it. The founders have a very bad reputation among VC's and the general San Diego tech community. They have to hire very junior people, usually from somewhere else, because nobody who knows what they're doing will work for them. Pousti has no moral or ethical hangups about treating people poorly, using them up, and then tossing them aside like used tissues. He will promise that you will become a zillionaire, but just search through LinkedIn and contact any employee at the companies mentioned above and see how that turned out for them.

1.0
Dec 2, 2015

Account management/sales

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great idea to monetize social media, but that is it.

Cons

The founder is a verbally abusive person who thinks "open-communication" is threatening employees do work harder or they'll lose their jobs. I thought this was to help people earn money but it hides hidden charges. It's a joke, stay away from working here or joining this platform.

1.0
Aug 7, 2015

Lying, manipulative, unhealthy work place. STAY AWAY

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Was given a ton of responsibility right off the bat. Being a small group and a "start-up" environment, they really expect a lot out of you and give you actual responsibilities. 4 weeks PTO is great, except that they don't tell you everyone has to take their 4 weeks PTO at the same, scheduled time.

Cons

This was honestly the worst company I've ever worked for in my life. It's more like a cult than a company. They even talk about drinking the kool-aid. There's no clear direction and management is very secretive by way of skirting around the answer when asking a question about the company or business practices. Work-life balance is absolutely non-existent -- my team worked 10-12 hours a day and we were constantly berated for not working hard/long enough. All of the positive reviews on here are written by someone on the customer service team. I would watch her writing them on a regular basis. Please don't believe they are real. Also, this platform is very likely a scam. Search reviews and testimonials for FanBox. This is the same company with the same problems. Pay is poor, no benefits, unreasonable expectations, terrible management. Do yourself a favor and stay FAR AWAY from this place.

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