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brennanm · 2021-07-19 10:01:20

Yup - definitely have been competitive with them for a while now. Great for innovation in the space for sure.

They're a bit more "sell to HR" focused and we're more "biuld for the end user" focused - eg: They don't have goals but do have workplace analytics

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pritakpatel | karma 1 | avg karma 1.0 · | 2022-10-24 15:49:51

They are growing so fast, I remember checking them out last year and they just had HR platforms. Seems like they expanded to a bunch more

ma12yam93 | karma 1 | avg karma 1.0 · | 2020-02-25 14:36:59

apart from their cutting edge AI based solutions, seems its very user friendly to work as well, waiting for a huge boom

eaurouge | karma 757 | avg karma 2.08 · | 2019-04-22 18:59:14+00:00

Well they’re vastly ahead in one area: data collection. No other company is even close. You could argue about the quality of data but the platform is there and ever growing, and they can upgrade their hardware in the future and augment existing data.

jorkos | karma 108 | avg karma 1.15 · | 2010-12-15 05:53:36+00:00

Couldn't agree more. I see these companies as much more similar than different. All of them are very 'user driven' and that's what has made them such impactful companies.

nickpsecurity | karma 14152 | avg karma 1.39 · | 2015-08-06 16:00:06

I like how they run product development in the company similar to doing startups in parallel. It's an interesting and intuitive approach. The Hack Week is a nice improvement on it. I'd like to see an organization compare this to Google's time division approach to see which performs better over time in terms of innovation.

mav3rick | karma 759 | avg karma 0.58 · | 2019-04-29 18:07:33+00:00

Having worked at the others, it's still miles miles ahead. Pay and perks are at the top and there is def more transparency than other companies. Also, the quality of devs doesn't vary a lot across orgs, you're guaranteed to work with really smart people.

youdontknowtho | karma 683 | avg karma 0.91 · | 2016-10-04 12:59:28+00:00

yeah, they have a really good portfolio of products in that space these days. Cheers.

dkimerlng | karma 1 | avg karma 1.0 · | 2010-12-28 05:17:47+00:00

Yeah, they have been doing a bunch of great data mining

loceng | karma 3948 | avg karma 0.82 · | 2012-05-29 09:24:12+00:00

They definitely are an innovation company.

klelatti | karma 9172 | avg karma 4.41 · | 2020-07-09 19:41:57+00:00

I think they are both interesting in being both product focused and having a deep understanding of the technology - which is a fairly unusual and a very powerful combination.

PaulHoule | karma 78160 | avg karma 2.48 · | 2012-06-15 10:01:01

How are their new products better than compete.com, Quantcast, Alexa and things like that?

bproper | karma 4727 | avg karma 11.47 · | 2011-08-23 16:07:49+00:00

It's nice to see a young startup with great UI and deep, predictive analytics steal the pole position from older incumbents.

SriniK | karma 1037 | avg karma 4.29 · | 2011-01-15 07:38:37+00:00

They are kicking on all cylinders. User adoption is really nice. I guess it could be more of a personal satisfaction and eventual goal.

mckilljoy | karma 233 | avg karma 2.68 · | 2012-10-11 15:10:46

This is an industry that has plenty of room to grow, so I appreciate their work.

Their software doesn't really look like a "competitor" to Alibaba though. It looks more like something you'd use in tandem with the Alibaba marketplace to better keep an eye on your supplier.

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justinzollars | karma 4619 | avg karma 2.89 · | 2019-10-07 11:21:06

I think its a very large company and the app is solid.

phasedout | karma 1 | avg karma 0.33 · | 2020-12-09 00:28:33+00:00

The work I love is closely related to the company. Yes, there are other ones out there but it's a leader in it's niche and thus most innovative for now

philangist | karma 1143 | avg karma 5.92 · | 2013-09-14 18:58:28+00:00

Yeah I interned there a couple of years ago. Honestly very surprised they're not more well known in the tech community.

rdtsc | karma 41164 | avg karma 4.52 · | 2016-05-07 01:45:18+00:00

Yap, I agree. They are doing everything right recruiting-wise. I think only Google and Facebook had lines longer than them amongst maybe 50 companies or so.

ksd482 | karma 327 | avg karma 2.95 · | 2023-03-09 23:07:03

Yes. It's their strategy that makes them stand out. Ever since Satya took over, they have really turned the company around and reinvented themselves in terms of community involvement when it comes to software; embracing open source and .NET Core are just a few examples.