Good trayectory bad absortion - Team Leader ESW Employee Review

1.0
Oct 18, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

They are willing to pay for any training if you get to know the platform better, they let you go to tech conferences and bosses are not really interested in work so there is not much stress or worry to not reach a due date

Cons

Once the company (Scalefast) was absorved by ESW (previosly eShopWorld) things started to go wrong. 50 people were fired, direction changed and started removing work from home (100% remote positions), stopped yearly salary reviews and that situation remained for almost a year and a half. The HR department was almost non-existent in Spain cause they were restrained by the parent company HR team located in Dublin, that rejected any type of improvement on employee quality of life. Apparently what the new company wanted was only Scalefast client portfolio, they fired most of the previous direction roles and forced remained employees to leave so they doesn't have to pay anything because you leave by your own will. Since the tech team is splitted between Dublin and Madrid the plans of the company is to keep the direction positions on Dublin while the manpower is located in Madrid making a very hard environment to grow or have a career path. Bosses with fear of change, lack of knowledge and poor social skills (I remember that the counteroffer the bosses did to me while I say I was leaving was "We can offer you a lot of trainings!" without any salary, work schedule or social compensation) In adition to that, those who were capable of obtaining stock options on Scalefast were scammed by fake promises that our stocks were going to be transfered to the ESW company but their legal team advise them in such a way employees get the least amount of stocks with the least benefit reaching almost an off-limit legal situation.

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5.0
Feb 9, 2026
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Pros

•Support and approachable leadership •Collaborative, respectful team culture •Opportunity to use and grow your skills •Trust and autonomy in your role •Meaningful work and real ownership •Strong communication and transparency •Feels like a place you can grow long-term

Cons

Some processes are still being built out as the company continues to scale, so things can evolve quickly.

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ESW Response
1w
Thanks so much for sharing this! Really appreciate you taking the time to write such a thoughtful review. It’s great to hear that the support from leadership and the team is coming through and that you feel trusted and able to grow in your role; that’s something we really care about maintaining as we scale. Totally fair point on processes evolving too; we’re very much in that build-and-improve phase, so feedback like this helps us keep moving in the right direction. And love the note to management, we’ll pass that on 😊
4.0
Jan 16, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Friendly colleagues, lots of support, dynamic

Cons

Difficult to find opportunities for career advancement

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ESW Response
4mo
It’s great to hear that you enjoy working with your colleagues and find the environment dynamic. Maintaining and enhancing our high-performing culture is something we really care about. Thanks for sharing your feedback, and we’re looking forward to building on our progress this year, so stay tuned! HR @ ESW
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