Toxic CTO and engineering culture - Software Engineer Cake Group Employee Review

1.0
Sep 10, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Flexible working arrangement Good hardware for work - MBP 16inch Friendly colleagues CeFI that does proper risk management

Cons

-CTO nerd rage without the full picture and call out employees in public slack channels -CTO doesn't care about his team members opinions (his way or the highway type) -CTO is highly skilled in blockchain development but failed badly in architecting cake platform systems. Yet he raged when the system is not functional due to technical debt -CTO doesn't take responsibility on fixing technical debt -CTO is bias towards blockchain (birthday research) department in resource allocation Toxic engineering culture -All about quick wins, would not want to invest resources in fixing their technical debt -Crazy amount of technical debt -Gaslighting -Fail to retain tech lead which lead to lost of context knowledge -Overtime is common -Initiative and contribution is not rewarded -There are risk of trying to make an impact or lack of room to make an impact. Leads to dev adopting coasters mindset and chase quick wins to be on the good books of the CTO

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Cake Group Response
3y
Sadly, this is from a team member who was let go due to poor performance.

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5.0
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Pros

-competitive salary -good team -open-minded people

Cons

location of the office, office work

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Cake Group Response
1y
Thank you for your feedback. We're glad that you appreciate our competitive salary, supportive team, and open culture. We understand that our central office location can be challenging for some. We're continuously looking for ways to improve our work environment and make it more convenient and comfortable for everyone. Your feedback is valuable to us as we strive to make our company an even better place to work. If you have any further suggestions or concerns, please feel free to reach out to our HR department.
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Pros

Great management and team support

Cons

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