From the description, the startup where you work is similar to PrivCo: https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/PrivCo-Reviews-E659519.htm https://www.glassdoor.com/R

From the description, the startup where you work is similar to PrivCo: https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/PrivCo-Reviews-E659519.htm https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/PrivCo-Reviews-E659519.htm Except PrivCo encourages its employees to post positive reviews, so PrivCo maintains a fairly good rank on Glassdoor. You'll notice that all of the reviews are either 5 stars or 1 stars. The company that you are currently with could encourage its employees to post good reviews on Glassdoor. While this may sound dishonest, I think most companies do this, so you are not being any more dishonest than most other companies. I see some comments in this thread on HN where people saying "leave there, go work somewhere else." But such startups can be interesting turn around possibilities, especially if you are experienced enough that you can pitch yourself as a senior level tech consultant who can turn the company around. That was my experience at PrivCo: I actually had a good time when I was there, because I was brought in as part of a turn around effort. When I left, a year later, the place still had problems, but it had improved.