Q&A With Ellation Employees

Rather disjointed these days since the foreign wings of the company don’t really “get” the culture. It’s sort of like having to explain an inside joke, but over and over again.

Generally a positive, fun environment, although most of the SF office does not look forward to the early or late meetings with the Moldova office.

Generous health benefits, 401k match, commuter benefits, catered lunch 4x per week, pet-friendly office.

Many people dress up too much. Jeans are totally fine, but wear a nice shirt/top. Tennis shoes or nice shoes, either is okay. It's more important to the team that you are well-prepared, care deeply about the work we're doing, and are a cultural fit.

Actually download and use our apps before coming to a job interview.

Mostly fast-paced but it varies by project

Those willing to collaborate with others in any department, those willing to do work outside of their job description, and especially those adept at navigating through petty office politics. However, at an executive level, they’re rewarded more for their ability to divert blame to other groups inside the company. Marketing failed? Well it was really product. Product failed? Well it was really engineering. Engineering failed? Well it was really literally anyone else.

Hire people who care about the stuff we're doing, not people just in it for the money (and the money isn't all that great anyway).

The CEO is a pretty chill guy, but sometimes his decisions have been questionable. General sentiment around the office is that he's a smart businessperson but maybe not the most in-tune with the work the company does (anime/nerd culture stuff).

Fairly good, though not perfect. It depends on the team.

Usually at the discretion of the manager.

Pretty laid back. I think everyone gets 14 days PTO, which is pretty standard, but I've heard some managers look the other way when an employee needs time off and doesn't have saved-up PTO.

Yes, some positions are remote across multiple teams.

My team works very hard and we are eager to produce great work!

Excited to work and bring about change everyday.