Q&A With littleBits Electronics Employees

It's unlimited but needs to be approved.

Flexible - unlimited days.

Chaotic.

Alternates between super light and super heavy.

I liked my creative freedom but never received any feedback or a performance review.

Dog friendly office.

Not secure. I was employed there for almost 15 months and was laid off for vague reasons. It wasn't due to my performance, but structural changes.

Lots of people are leaving, so not that secure. New marketing heads always lay off and bring on their own people.

Doesn't exist.

Not clear. I was never given a performance review.

It was stressful - too many high level changes and not enough communication.

Apathetic and stressed.

Low.

Low. There's been lots of infrastructure change and the culture is shifting.

Not very diverse. Mostly white people.

Mostly white people. The entire sales team except 1-2 people are white. They need more diversity. They need more women that are in leadership positions.

Open office space with a kitchen.

Open office with a full kitchen.

Free lunch once a week, employee discount on products, unlimited vacation. Work from home allowed, but sparingly.

Free lunch on Tuesdays, bagel Mondays, ability to work from home on occasion.

Not positive. The entire team had a change over. No clear communication. The head of marketing is usually unavailable.

There isn't clear communication or assets delivered on time. You're looped into conversations or projects as they start and it can be very confusing. The marketing VP is hardly around to give feedback. When he does, it's vague and inconsistent so I don't know what he really wants.

Not well-run.

Inconsistent directives, constantly changing messaging, no budget, no spends on social media.

Smart and hopeful.

Quiet.

A little cult-y.

Health

It's ok.

Not often but fun.

Not challenged, but not sure how to properly succeed.

It's not difficult.

Overachievers. But if there's a new boss who wants to bring in their own hires, it doesn't matter. You'll get laid off and replaced with someone else.

Raises are supposed to happen yearly. Raises this year were pushed off. Supposed to happen in April, did not. I was laid off in August without a raise. I had been at littleBits over a year.

Favoritism.

Not strong. Don't receive assets on time. Add in too many people into communication chains which frustrates clients like Disney and directives change too frequently.

Average