Sad outlook due to founders lack of experience running a company - Senior Software Engineer Alpaca Employee Review

1.0
Dec 26, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

- Remote-only - Flexible time off - Good people around

Cons

- No job security. Entire product team was laid off for no reason. - No good financial outlook. Company had three series of layoffs in 18 months. - No competitve advantage. Competitors in the market keep taking clients away from Alpaca. - Founders. Founders are still running this as an 8-person startup.

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5.0
Jul 8, 2026
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Pros

great company to work at, remote flexible

Cons

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3.0
Jun 17, 2026
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Pros

Smart people, interesting product, ambitious goals

Cons

Disorganized, unclear process, hard to set long term goals

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