A decent place to work - Anonymous employee Opera Software Employee Review

4.0
Aug 20, 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The company culture was pretty good. They did a lot of off-sites and flew people in from around the world to get together. Not just the execs, but engineers, QA, etc. Opera is a very multi-cultural company with people from all over the world.

Cons

It was difficult to get projects approved. We had a number of projects ready to go that were rejected by management as being "not interesting" only to see large competitors make similar offerings at a later time. A lot of consensus decision making meant any one person could hold up progress.

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Opera Software Response
5y
Thanks for taking your time to post a review on Glassdoor. I am happy to hear you enjoyed working at Opera, and I appreciate your very constructive feedback.

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Pros

Communicative, clear, concise, culture, growth

Cons

The company is huge and has many offices with a variance of difficulties. Hard to pick a discipline within

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Opera Software Response
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Hello, thank you so much for taking the time to write a review on Glassdoor. We appreciate the feedback. Magnus
4.0
Aug 13, 2015
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Pros

Truly international in scope and reach, with a mostly HR-centric culture that values employees and delivers management training and feedback well. Nice offices, especially in Norway, and a collaborative and open culture with very little finger-pointing. Lots to do, and many resources with which to do it.

Cons

Sometimes a little too European and slow-moving, particularly with regard to setting a direction and sticking to it and/or not shedding unpromising programs or projects quickly enough.

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