Nothing to look forward to...plus last round of layoffs made things even worse!! - Senior Software Engineer Iterable Employee Review

1.0
Jun 7, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There used to be, but now none.

Cons

What in the name of re-org is going on!! 

I've been working at Iterable for about 2 yrs now, and it started out really well, but we had a massive reorg followed by third round of layoffs where a lot of good engineers were let go and now we're struggling to keep up the work and responsibilities.

 Managers (Engineering / Product) that were hired in the last one year don't know what they are doing and keep relying on ICs to do their jobs. They don't like to listen to transparent feedback about any issues. There’s a ***LOT*** of favoritism and politics and managers are only listening to selective people and opinions, ideas and hard work of others are completely devalued. This company has *HUMILITY* as one of the core values, but surprisingly, you’ll find a lot of people just bragging about how much they know and trying to give excuses for things that didn’t happen and trying to hide their mistakes and dropping blame on everyone else except themselves. And I feel like loosing good engineers just made everything much worse!! :( :( :(

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Iterable Response
2y
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback with us. As an Iterable employee, your thoughts and perspective are highly appreciated. Thank you for sharing your valuable feedback. As an employee at Iterable, we truly appreciate your thoughts and perspective. At Iterable, we are dedicated to cultivating a workplace culture that prioritizes work-life balance, productivity, and positivity. We constantly strive to enhance the employee experience, ensuring it remains positive and aligned with our values as we expand. Your feedback provides us with valuable insights that help us make informed improvements, strengthening our culture and benefiting our employee community. If you would like to continue the conversation, we encourage you to reach out to hr@iterable.com. Thank you once again for your feedback and for being an important part of Iterable.

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Thanks for taking the time to share your feedback! It’s great to hear that the shift in our leadership and the focus on moving faster is resonating with you. We are committed to building a culture of high performance and ensuring our promotion processes are fair and objective. Our new leadership expectations are a big part of that, designed to give us a shared standard for what "great" looks like at Iterable. I also appreciate your advice on staying close to our customers; that focus is exactly what we mean when we talk about our core value of "running as one." Thanks again for being part of the team and for your honest perspective. -Jim Bartolomea, CPCO
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I really appreciate you sharing such a thoughtful perspective on what it’s like to lead here at Iterable. It’s great to hear that our focus on transparency and "treating employees like adults" is being felt. Providing the "why" behind our decisions is something the executive team takes very seriously. You hit on a key point regarding the trade-off between speed and structure; while we're working hard to mature our systems, I love the mindset that the current ambiguity is actually an opening for talented people to shape our future. We are fully committed to keeping our foot on the gas when it comes to investing in our people and protecting the cultural intentionality that sets us apart. -Jim Bartolomea, CPCO
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