Own Company reviews

- It's a blatantly obvious game of favorites to everyone at the company. Certain people that have been at company for a while can completely miss their goals and do a terrible job and they'll be promoted or put in new positions they don't deserve while others are let go for much much less. Sales leaders basically do whatever they want and run the company, which is now running the company straight to the ground. Execs basically don't even matter because of how much sale leaders control the narrative at the company. - Tech company without tech level talent. Recruiters basically beg anyone with a pulse to come work here because it's challenging to recruit for a company that isn't attractive to work for (minus for people who can barely get jobs elsewhere). It's quite a dull product. This is a place where people who are at the twilight of their careers or people with no experience or people who can't get jobs elsewhere work. - RTO policy. They are requiring people to come into office 3-5 days a week. While other companies may be doing the same, it hurts this particular place more because they are in NJ and more so because they were at it's best when no one was actually going in. Why would anyone want to commute to Jersey when they can just work in NYC or closer to where they live with better pay. It would be nice if they at least were a little more original and not use "Better Together" like other companies already are. - Exec team seems subpar (not all). These are mostly people who would never be in the same position elsewhere. - Times are about to get real tough

There are a number of strong "cons" even though there are many "pros." While working at Own, the team I was on all told me that Unlimited PTO has been being promised for years. But there are tons of excuses. "We are based in Israel, and have global operations, so this is difficult" is the primary one. Recently Own hired a Head of People. And the same excuses are passed along even though there are many companies based in Israel with global operations that have implemented Unlimited PTO. It's not that hard and they didn't need to reinvent the wheel. During 2020 there were many challenges. The company put on a decent 'face' on caring about the issues that were prevalent, such as Black Lives Matter. But, the CEO refused to publicly acknowledge the issues, or support them. In addition days like Martin Luther King Day, Juneteenth, and even election day are not company holidays. The team communicated that "we support you voting"...but do they if they don't actually give you the day off? Many team members said they would've really appreciated the day off for voting, and still would've worked! The disconnect on social issues is disappointing. The lack of diversity is also disappointing. It has improved recently (even though there was pushback from the leadership when the internal teams began 'campaigning' for these needed changes', but it has been in spite of the CEO vs. with his support. I will say that the CEO is very revenue focused and is strong on the business side, but very disconnected when it comes to anything not "directly related" to revenue. Yes many people are upset there isn't 401k. The more concerning item is when you get a promotion, or have been there longer than 4 years, you don't get additional stock. advice to management: See the cons. I'll paste them here for you: There are a number of strong "cons" even though there are many "pros." While working at Own, the team I was on all told me that Unlimited PTO has been being promised for years. But there are tons of excuses. "We are based in Israel, and have global operations, so this is difficult" is the primary one. Recently Own hired a Head of People. And the same excuses are passed along even though there are many companies based in Israel with global operations that have implemented Unlimited PTO. It's not that hard and they didn't need to reinvent the wheel. During 2020 there were many challenges. The company put on a decent 'face' on caring about the issues that were prevalent, such as Black Lives Matter. But, the CEO refused to publicly acknowledge the issues, or support them. In addition days like Martin Luther King Day, Juneteenth, and even election day are not company holidays. The team communicated that "we support you voting"...but do they if they don't actually give you the day off? Many team members said they would've really appreciated the day off for voting, and still would've worked! The disconnect on social issues is disappointing. The lack of diversity is also disappointing. It has improved recently (even though there was pushback from the leadership when the internal teams began 'campaigning' for these needed changes', but it has been in spite of the CEO vs. with his support. I will say that the CEO is very revenue focused and is strong on the business side, but very disconnected when it comes to anything not "directly related" to revenue. Yes many people are upset there isn't 401k. The more concerning item is when you get a promotion, or have been there longer than 4 years, you don't get additional stock.