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Based in New York but fully distributed, Shortcut builds project management software that people actually want to use - ask any engineer how they feel about Jira. Thousands of the fastest-growing software companies use Shortcut to plan and build software, including Geckoboard, Glossier, Thirty Madison, Vanta, Daitaku, LaunchDarkly, and others. read more
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EMPLOYEE
PARTICIPANTS
91
TOTAL
RATINGS
2458

Shortcut Company Culture

Shortcut Culture

This score is derived from employee ratings & reviews
4.1/5
Shortcut's Overall Culture is rated B

Top Rated Culture Dimensions

Shortcut CEO

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Kurt Schrader Shortcut's CEO
Kurt Schrader
85 /100

Diversity at Shortcut

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B

Diverse employees at Shortcut have rated Team, Happiness, and Manager as the highest categories they have scored

Women at Shortcut

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B-

Women at Shortcut have rated Team, Happiness, and Manager as the highest categories they have scored

Shortcut eNPS

Net Promoter Score tracks your employees' overall score to this question: "On a scale from 0-10, how likely are you to recommend working at your company to a friend?"
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Recommend to a Friend?

52

Shortcut employees are 52% more likely to recommend Shortcut as a great place to work

62%Promoters
28%Passives
10%Detractors

Working at Shortcut

Working at Shortcut is rated average by 91 employees, across various culture dimensions. Shortcut employees are most satisfied about CEO Rating, Compensation, and Manager categories, putting Shortcut’s culture in the Top 30% compared to similar sized companies on Comparably and in the Top 15% compared to other companies in Buffalo, NY. See below in detail how working at Shortcut was rated by employees.

Overall Company Culture at Shortcut

B

Overall Company Culture at Shortcut is rated B

Last updated months ago

Top
30%

Shortcut ranks in the Top 30% of other companies on Comparably with 11-50 Employees for Overall Company Culture Score

Overall Company Culture Score by Department

This graph details how each department scores their Overall Company Culture

Results from 91 Employees

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Marketing
90
Marketing90
Sales
88
Sales88
Engineering
81
Engineering81
Product
78
Product78

Shortcut Employee Reviews

Out of 358 Shortcut employee reviews, 97% were positive. The remaining 3% were constructive reviews with the goal of helping Shortcut improve their work culture.

97%
3%
Positive Reviews97%
Constructive Feedback3%

Positive Reviews From Shortcut Employees

  • What is most positive about the culture and environment at your company?
    Our value of "treat people right" is practiced across the board and even when things have been tough economically.
  • What do you like best about the leadership team?
    The leadership team is highly accessible and transparent about their thought processes, biggest questions, and what represents acceptable risk.
  • What are some of the best things about your team?
    Good listeners, deep thinkers, and looking to improve how we work continuously.

Constructive Feedback From Shortcut Employees

  • Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?
    I firmly believe location-based salary is an unfair policy for compensation and unfortunately, that's what we have.
  • Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?
    Unfortunately, we have a location-based compensation policy that disproportionally impacts folks from developing countries.
  • Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?
    IMO location-based salary is not aligned with the overall company values and is not a fair way to determine someone's compensation in relation to the value they bring to the company.

Shortcut Company Information

Shortcut Company Overview

Based in New York but fully distributed, Shortcut builds project management software that people actually want to use - ask any engineer how they feel about Jira. Thousands of the fastest-growing software companies use Shortcut to plan and build software, including Geckoboard, Glossier, Thirty Madison, Vanta, Daitaku, LaunchDarkly, and others.

Shortcut was founded in 2014 and its current CEO is Kurt Schrader. Since its inception 12 years ago, Shortcut has grown to 30 employees.

Shortcut Mission, Vision & Values

Shortcut Mission Statement

We created Shortcut to provide the most intuitive and enjoyable project management platform — from project planning to product creation. We're here to ensure software development teams can do their best work and have a nice time while they're at it.

Shortcut Values

  • Treat People Right
  • Spread Joy
  • Take Ownership
  • Be Open by Default
  • Have a Bias for Action
Headquarter201 Allen St
York, NY 10002
United States of America
Websiteshortcut.com
Founding Date2014
Tel5854240700
Company StatusPrivate
Jobsshortcut.com/careers
Social Sites
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  • Employees at our 2022 Pride Happy Hour, held at The Duplex in NYC!

Shortcut Employees

Shortcut has 30 employees. 91 employees at Shortcut have reviewed Shortcut across various culture dimensions, providing their opinions on items ranging from executive ratings to the pace at work. The latest review was months ago.

Overall, the 91 Shortcut employees give their leadership a grade of B+, or Top 20% of similar size companies on Comparably. This includes specific ratings of their executive team, CEO, and manager.

Employees at Shortcut are extremely happy with their total compensation at Shortcut, which includes a combination of pay, stock and equity, and benefits.

Overall, employees at Shortcut are extremely happy with their team. 91 Participants grade the quality of their coworkers an A. The majority believe the meetings at Shortcut are effective, and the majority look forward to interacting with their coworkers.

The majority of employees at Shortcut believe the environment at Shortcut is positive. Most Participants believe the pace of work at Shortcut is comfortably fast. About 83% of the employees at Shortcut work 8 hours or less, while 1% of them have an extremely long day - longer than twelve hours.

Overall, the employees at Shortcut are happy, based on their aggregated ratings of future outlook, customer perception, and their excitement going to work.

A Day in the Life
A Day in the Life
Shortcut employees generally work 8.3 hrs a day
Work Hours
A Day in the Life
Employees at Shortcut report the work pace is comfortably fast
Work Pace
A Day in the Life
99% of Shortcut employees look forward to interacting with their team every day
Coworkers
A Day in the Life
Shortcut employees most often take unlimited paid vacation and sick days each year
Perks & Benefits
A Day in the Life
95% of Shortcut employees report they are happy with their work life balance
Work Life Balance
A Day in the Life
Shortcut employees typically get valuable feedback on how to improve at work Every Week
Feedback
A Day in the Life
99% of Shortcut employees call their work environment positive
Environment

Joining Shortcut - Employee Onboarding

The prevailing opinion from employees about joining Shortcut is that the company was very prepared on their first day. Shortcut employees concluded that their overall onboarding experience was positive. 100% said their direct manager was helpful with their acclimation during the first 90 days. First impressions are important, and how prepared a company is on your first day leaves a lasting impression.

Shortcut KPIs and OKRs

At Shortcut 100% of employees think their department KPIs and OKRs are clear. Employees’ understanding of Shortcut's KPIs and OKRs is essential for its success. Out of 87 Shortcut employees who’ve answered, “Are your company’s goals clear and are you invested in them?” 74 have said yes.

AnswerPercent
Yes85%
No15%
Are your company's goals clear, and are you invested in them?
AnswerPercent
Yes100%
No0%
Are the KPIs/OKRs for your department clear?

Shortcut CEO & Leadership

Shortcut CEO - Kurt Schrader

Kurt Schrader Shortcut's CEO
85 /100

Kurt’s approval rate is in the Top 5% of all CEOs of similar-sized companies on Comparably, and in the Top 5% compared to the CEOs of all other companies in Buffalo, NY. Shortcut’s CEO is highly regarded especially by employees with 3 to 6 Years experience, employees in the Marketing department, and employees with 1 to 3 Years experience. However, employees with 6 to 10 Years experience, employees in the Engineering department, and employees with Over 10 Years experience have a less favorable view of the CEO and believe there is room for improvement. Compared to Shortcut’s competitors, Kurt Schrader ranks right above Atlassian CEO Scott Farquhar & Mike Cannon-Brookes. Under Schrader’s leadership, Shortcut employee respondents are most happy about their Compensation and the company’s Manager. Environment and Meetings are two areas, according to respondents, where Shortcut could stand to see real improvement.

Shortcut Leadership

The Shortcut Executive Team is rated an “A-” and led by CEO Kurt Schrader, VP of Finance Shannjit Singh, and Head of Marketing Dana Brown

  • Kurt Schrader  CEO / President

    Kurt Schrader CEO / President

    Kurt Schrader serves as the CEO / President of Shortcut.

  • Shannjit Singh VP of Finance

    Shannjit Singh serves as the VP of Finance of Shortcut.

  • Dana Brown Head of Marketing

    Dana Brown serves as the Head of Marketing of Shortcut.

  • Jordan LaCount Head of Product

    Jordan LaCount serves as the Head of Product of Shortcut.

  • Emilio Javier Head of People Operations

    Emilio Javier serves as the Head of People Operations of Shortcut.

  • Chris Demwell VP of Engineering

    Chris Demwell serves as the VP of Engineering of Shortcut.

  • Devin Riker VP of Customer Experience

    Devin Riker serves as the VP of Customer Experience of Shortcut.

Diversity & Inclusion at Shortcut

Diverse employees at Shortcut score the company 85/100 across various culture categories, placing Shortcut in the Top 30% of companies on Comparably with 11-50 Employees for Comparably's diversity score. The Diversity score provides insights into how diverse employees feel and rate their work experience at Shortcut across various culture dimensions.

Our DE&I mission is to foster an inclusive and equitable environment that unleashes the power of our diversity. We do this by creating safe spaces for conversations and learning and addressing organizational behaviors, systems, and processes that impact our ability to attract, retain, and engage diverse talent.,,For example, we host Trivia, lunch and learns, and open forums to create safe spaces for conversations and learning. We also engage URMs in conversations about things that may impact their experience and find ways for our colleagues to bring more of themselves into the workplace.,,To address organizational behaviors, systems, and processes that impact our ability to attract, retain, and engage diverse talent, we regularly review our processes and policies to allow for fair access, opportunity, and advancement and identify and roll out training and workshops to promote equity, inclusion, and awareness.

Ranked Culture the Highest

Women 90/100
Department - Marketing
Men 87/100
Department - Sales
Diverse Employees 86/100
Department - Engineering

Ranked Culture the Lowest

Women 74/100
Department - Product
Men 81/100
Department - Engineering
Diverse Employees N/A/100

Shortcut Perks & Benefits

- $2,000 annual professional development stipend - Annual WFH/productivity stipend ($750 in first year of employment, $450 every year thereafter)

Health & Wellness

  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Health Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Gym Membership / Reimbursement

Paid Time Off

  • PTO / Vacation Policy
  • Paid Holidays
  • Maternity / Paternity Leave

Financial Benefits

  • 401K / Retirement Plan

Office Perks

  • Pet-Friendly
  • Company Social Outings
  • Work From Home Policy

Shortcut PTO

Shortcut's PTO and Vacation policy typically gives unlimited days off a year. Paid Time Off is Shortcut's most important benefit besides Healthcare when ranked by employees, with 100% of employees saying it is the most important benefit. Shortcut's benefits and PTO Package averages to represent a $1000 -$1500 cash value per month.

AnswerPercent
Flex Time0%
Vacation Policy100%
Office Meals0%
401k Contribution0%
Childcare0%
Other than healthcare, which of the following benefits is most important to you?
AnswerPercent
Yes0%
No100%
Does your boss expect you to work when you're on vacation?
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$2500+/mo0%
$1500 - $2500/mo0%
$1000 -$1500/mo100%
$500 -$1000/mo0%
Less than $500/mo0%
What do you estimate the cash value of your benefits to be? Healthcare, PTO, etc?

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Frequently Asked Questions regarding Shortcut

What is Shortcut address?

Shortcut location is at 201 Allen St

Who is the CEO of Shortcut?

Shortcut CEO is Kurt Schrader, their score by employees is 85

What is Shortcut eNPS?

The eNPS for Shortcut is 52

How many employees work in Shortcut?

Shortcut has 30 employees

Who are Shortcut competitors?

Shortcut main competitors are Trello, Asana, Atlassian

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