Not a company you want to be part of right now - Technical Lead Material Employee Review

1.0
Dec 9, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Remote work You'll find extremely smart and technical people to work with Medical benefits

Cons

The culture is extremely toxic at the moment. No appraisals for over two years. There are layoffs every 3 months. Junior to mid developers are laid off indiscriminately due to lack of projects that has left a sour taste in everyone's mouth. The sales team has been unable to generate new projects even after expansion in its department. Everybody just assumes that it's going to be their turn to be laid off next regardless of whether you are on the bench or not . Nobody seems to be safe since older projects are coming to an end and there are no projects to allocate them to . It's a constant juggle from the bench and back. It seems like the direction and vision that the company has taken towards sales has not worked out People making these decisions should be held accountable. The mergers of multiple companies hasn't completely happened and it seems like that isn't going well either with layoffs in the recently merged companies as well. What was the point of buying those companies if you were just going to fire the talent ?

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Cons

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1.0
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Pros

Some of your coworkers are nice. That’s genuinely the best I can offer.

Cons

Where to begin. RUN FAR AWAY FROM THIS PLACE! Leadership here has perfected the art of making employees feel simultaneously over-monitored and completely unsupported. You will be asked to document your every move, log every task, and submit to being told in advance exactly how long each one should take. Not as a guideline. As a verdict. Disagree with the timeline? Too bad. Need more time because the work is actually complex? That’s a you problem. There is no autonomy here. None. You are treated less like a professional and more like a variable to be optimized. The implicit message, delivered daily, is that you cannot be trusted to manage your own time or make your own decisions despite being hired, presumably, for your judgment. The gossip culture is out of control and flows from the top down. Information that should stay private doesn’t, alliances shift constantly, and you’ll quickly learn that what someone says to your face and what they say behind your back are two very different things. Feedback is weaponized, not developmental. Expectations shift constantly and without notice, which conveniently means you’re always one step behind. Accountability is a one-way street: mistakes made above you disappear quietly; mistakes made below are treated as character flaws.

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