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Nicolas Desmarais & Daniel Saks
88 Ratings
Pros
"Free food and snacks( Not that good but its free)" (in 12 reviews)
"emphasis on employee wellness and work life balance" (in 6 reviews)
Cons
"I would chalk it up to growing pains that are unavoidable" (in 5 reviews)
"There was a lot of brain drain there" (in 4 reviews)
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"Huge potential, strong software engineering, great atmosphere"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at AppDirect full-time (More than a year)
Pros
- Very energetic and visionary leadership team, with late addition of very experienced members
- Excellent engineering leaders and very bright software engineers
- Experience the Silicon Valley culture in Montreal
- Very good atmosphere and culture of transparency
- Great compensation and perks (fancy lunch every Friday, food, beers, Foosball table, game nights, ...)
- Implementing the latest engineering technics and technology
- Pre-IPO - private growing companyCons
- The former code base had accumulated tech debt due to commercial success, however there are now dedicated teams to improve the tooling, the architectures, and transform toward true microservices
- processes where very ad-hoc to deliver, but getting more and more organized and leadership push to implement true agile-scrum-lean at scale
- moving toward complete empowerment of the teams and the software engineersAdvice to Management
- keep continuing adding strong and experienced leaders around you and your vision, listen to them
- continue to invest in the engineering non-functional requirements, engineering roadmaps and agile-scrum methodologiesAppDirect 2018-01-19 11:12 PST Helpful (1)
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"They care about people"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at AppDirect full-time
Pros
The Management team has demonstrated they care about People. They are doing everything they possibly can to empower employees and improve their work experience. There is still work to do but progress has been made. More transparency, increased top-down communication, learning and development initiatives just to name a few.
Cons
It is sometimes hard to articulate what we do due to the complexity of our Business.
Advice to Management
Keep up the good work and keep listening to your employees.
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"Okay company but not a lot of opportunities"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at AppDirect full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
-Great views, once a week catered lunch, snacks
-Healthcare coverage and a good amount of PTO
-Flexibility with work schedule to pickup kidsCons
-Low salaries and sometimes no raises
-Very little chance to go up
-Working in an old technology stackAdvice to Management
Please look at what your employees are saying
AppDirect 2018-05-20 19:27 PDT![AppDirect Logo]()
"Great technology company with a strong focus on culture"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at AppDirect full-time (More than a year)
Pros
AppDirect has a great business solution to solve for the changes in digital transformation. A great strong team environment with a razor like focus on culture.
Cons
Too much time of the sales organisation is spent on selling internally
Advice to Management
Sales people should be spending 80% of their time with customers learning their business problems, not 50% of their time on metrics and inwardly focusing requests
AppDirect 2018-04-08 12:41 PDTHelpful (4)
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"Great people, not a lot of career growth though"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at AppDirect full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
Everyone is extremely helpful and kind
Good product
Amazing view from the officeCons
Low wages
Tech being used isnt cutting edgeAppDirect 2018-03-26 08:57 PDTHelpful (6)
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"Amazing company"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at AppDirect full-time
Pros
Great People, interesting product, challenging work, great office, great perks
Cons
Can not think of a noticeable con.
AppDirect 2018-01-14 17:59 PSTHelpful (7)
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"Best Place to Work"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at AppDirect full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
Great culture, benefits and awesome product! Promising future!
Cons
None! The Leadership team is doing everything to drive the business forward and engage their teams.
AppDirect 2017-12-06 13:55 PSTHelpful (9)
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"What does it feel like?"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at AppDirect full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
What does it feel like to work for a company you believe in?
AppDirect has an incredible product and an even more incredible vision for the future; striving to build the platform the world needs to find, buy and use software in the modern age. AppDirect is tackling the largest distribution problems the world faces. Problems that the largest fortune 500 companies struggle with and avoid. And we are succeeding!
I work with some of the most talented, passionate, kind and intense people I've ever met. I am excited every day I come to work. The company is growing rapidly but has so many things going on that there is plenty of room to grow and evolve in your role and responsibilities.
What does it feel like to work at a company you believe in? It feels amazing!Cons
We still have a lean management layer. You need to be a doer! There are no 9-5 jobs at AppDirect and plenty of second jobs to pick up if you're hungry for responsibility. Those who thrive here are those who choose to get involved.
I won't say we don't have problems. We have a lot of spaghetti code, our builds take a long time, there are serious technical redesigns needed. But our CEOs recognize the issues and have a lot of people dedicated to fixing it. They care a lot about the happiness of engineers. It took a while to get the product to a place where we could focus on the platform as much as we are now. We lost some great and talented people along the way but I am excited and hopeful for the journey ahead.Advice to Management
Get out there and talk with your employees! Nick and Dan have such a great vision for the company and the product. More people need to hear it first hand to understand the true magnitude of where we are headed.
One team, one dream!AppDirect 2017-05-25 21:58 PDTHelpful (4)
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"Great Environment and Positive Culture"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at AppDirect full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Amazing facility and office space, fun community events and team bonding (wine nights!), talented leadership team who engage with all staff and sit on the floor with their team members, staff alignment on company's core values, great holiday party
Cons
The business team feels like a fraternity
AppDirect 2017-06-04 12:46 PDTHelpful (3)
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"Maturing with huge potential!"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at AppDirect full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Company has been on a rocket trajectory and is now working through the phase of stabilizing and maturing to build real scale. The mission/vision is highly ambitious and the market is primed. There is significant opportunity to impact the business and no shortage of projects.
- Passionate, smart people to work with
- Opportunity to Play at the center of an emerging digital ecosystem
- Strong but evolving culture
- New more seasoned management coming on board
- Driven CEOs with hearts in the right placeCons
AppDirect has hit a rocky patch as it transitions from start-up to mid-sized platform company. Rapid international expansion and acquisitions have stressed resources and cost structures Many of the foundational elements in people, technology, process and business planning were overlooked due to rapid growth. This is now recognized and starting to get addressed, but will take some time. As a result many early employees feel disheartened and have departed.
Founders/Co-CEOs need to learn to let go and trust. Entrepreneurial leadership is not the same as mature leadership
Many individual contributors, managers and executives with limited professional experience has created a make-it-up-as-you-go ethic as an artifact of the start-up culture.
Sometimes speed trumps planning with questionable results.Advice to Management
Keep focused on building the foundation of the new organization and hiring for management/executive experience.
Build a clear plan and trust people to execute on the plan. Separate skunk-works from core objectives.
Better decisions get made with more input. Reach out to the smart people you have to help make decisions.AppDirect 2017-05-11 13:48 PDT
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