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I have been working at Premium Minds full-time (More than 8 years)
Pros
- Great culture, environment and people
- Super intelligent and highly skilled software engineers
- Wide variety of challenging projects, technologies and knowledge base
- Agile development with a big focus on technical quality and ux
- Great empowerment of employees through freedom, autonomy and responsibility
- Highly flexible work schedule and vacation periods
- Great Salary (above the average among Portuguese companies)
- Creative Day (every month we take one day off to experiment new ideas, learn new things and play)
- Premium Talks (Premium Minds's "Ted Talks")
- Our Own Rock Band - SGOMM - Sounds Good On My Machine
- Best Christmas Parties in Town :)
- Every employee has a voice and the power to change and improve things in the company
- Lots of opportunities to grow by embracing a new project or a new role
Cons
- If you like highly structured hierarchical corporations, full of bureaucracy and "fake progression ladders", Premium Minds isn't that.
- If you like being told what to do, Premium Minds doesn't do that.
- For those who just want to work to make money, and move on to the next better paycheck, Premium Minds is not for you.
Advice to Management
You had the dream of building a company where people can be happy, by doing work they love with freedom and autonomy, all while having some fun between friends. Thank you for staying rooted to this vision, all while the company keeps growing exponentially.
