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Enjoyed the actual job and social environment my decentralized coworkers made. Learned that a remote-first environment can still foster a pro-social workforce ready to help customers!   At first, everything was a warm welcome, but when it came to scheduling and workflow, I could not properly communicate with management and other pillars of operations. In most scenarios, our teams was able to enact positive change by reaching out to team members and upper support if needed. On a root level, this comes to escalating blockchain concerns or issues with our systems or other token and their related networks. This blockchain side of the job was great and everyone really shared this mission! In that sense I enjoyed the coworking, but unfortunately the management style was ineffective at best. I agree with the other sentiment I've read that other more seasoned employees were also terminated to where I'm left wondering why, or how this could be beneficial. Be wary of "impermanent loss" when lending your time and energy into a company that may not be able to invest your efforts.

(Revised from 2022)

I was impressed with the interview process, the onboarding experience, and the equipment provided to perform my role. The benefits package was competitive, and the team I worked with was supportive. However, I was part of a large-scale 18% layoff that affected over 1,000 employees within 3 months of being hired.

While I understand the challenges of operating within a volatile industry, the repeated assurances that our positions were secure made the sudden layoffs especially disheartening. If I had known the extent of the risk, I may have reconsidered leaving my previous role.

This experience was a reminder of how quickly things can change in emerging industries and the importance of asking detailed questions about long-term stability during the interview process.

No work life balance, no job security, very immature crypto-bro company culture. Most customer service jobs are outsourced to the overseas markets with poor training for their employees. 
Getting time off in advance  with less than 2 months notice was near impossible, due to a ineffective scheduling process and their team was slow to respond (expect 2-3 weeks before getting any communication regarding time off requests.)
Role responsibilities would change unexpectedly, effectively bait and switch the job expectations. 
The industry has no guardrails, providing very little protections for the customer, and Coinbase is no exception.
Expect  all the worst qualities of a call center and leadership with questionable judgement.

This job is excellent in all aspects with only one exception. Those working here love their jobs and the culture is amazing. Not being able to ensure you’ll have a job when you awake the next day causes extreme stress for team members throughout the company. Working in that kind of stress doesn’t do the employees out there company any good.

Was hired on for a new sector in their customer experience department. Instead of dealing with one type of issues we were trained on all of them. This way someone calls in and only has to talk with one person. The benefits were the best I’d ever had and really enjoyed the learning resources and benefits. Just stinks a couple months after starting the laid off 18% of their staff. They first told us they would get rid of BPOs and contractors before employees. But they got rid of us and kept them. Also kept our manager over seasoned employees on my team. She had no clue what was going on and very unprofessional. 

Pro
- A lot of challenging work. 
- I get the opportunity to work with some really talented and hard-working people. 
- I like how we are continuously learning from our past mistake. At Coinbase, I feel that we are encouraged to try new things, to innovate new ways of doing things.
- Innovation is encouraged at every level. It doesn't feel bureaucratic

Cons 
- I think Coinbase should work on making their app faster. I think that should be the number priority. The cold start time is too slow 
- I think we need to strike a better balance between a performant application and building new features 

The pay was great at first but then it was constantly changing work and pay. The company has a serious communication problem. They say one thing like your pay won’t change and you’ll stay in insurance where I started then move me to something completely different and when they move you even if you were a supervisor they start you back from the bottom.

I have never felt secure at Coinbase. Management ranges from extremely knowledgeable and supportive people to people you are genuinely curious as to how they got the job. You will be overworked but paid fairly well with a very flexible time off policy. Company direction can be weak at times and entirely dependent on the market. Upward mobility is widely available however job security is not 

I loved working here, its unfortunate that they chose to over hire and I was laid off within three months of being hired. I understand lay-offs but seems like a large misjudgment to hire 1000's of employees just months before laying them all off.

Managers are not consistent, org changes constantly, and very much a political job. Some people do nothing and get high praises, some do everything and get skipped for promo. They pay very well, but you need to play their game and be there constantly. I'm sure its not like this for every team, but it is in growth. 

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