Fantastic place to learn, grow, and contribute - Software Engineer Primer Employee Review

5.0
Mar 12, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

* Everyone is very supportive and invested in your growth. If you're having trouble with something, professionally or personally, people are there for you. * Every Friday we have pride & props where we have drinks, demo the latest projects, and give people props for their accomplishments. It makes weekends even better when you start it with hearing your * People are amazingly open, so you can easily give and receive feedback. * Kamo is the most energetic CEO I've ever met, it's unreal how he just makes everything better. * You can play a big part in deciding the projects you work on and direction. * Code base is beautiful for the most part, there's great automated tests, and commits are always reviewed . It saves so many headaches and the product is so much better than others I've worked with. * Promotes a good work-life balance.

Cons

None really. Some might not like that we're not trying to hire a billion people like some other startups, but our pace ensures that the product, culture, and employee quality stay high as we expand.

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5.0
Jun 5, 2023
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Pros

You have the opportunity to really take ownership of your work. There are lots of other smart, kind and talented people to bounce ideas off of

Cons

The clients can be demanding

2.0
Aug 8, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

A lot of exposure to different strategies and ability to really test due to the fast paced nature of working at any agency. Some really good (talented) people, I had great work relationships with people that I would consider friends.

Cons

Every toxic thing you’ve heard about agency life, you’ll find most of it here: long hours (they applaud you for working late or working when sick), favoritism, micromanagement, everything is urgent, required to work on approved time off and holidays, lack of any real training for new employees (sink or swim heavily emphasized here). Company purges each year and lays off a ton of employees. This is always odd as the CEO regurgitates the positive outlook of the company constantly. They laid off about 60% of employees 2 months ago along with multiple employees quitting. They currently are looking to hire more South American members after letting go of US employees because it’s cheaper or kept the cheapest US employees that are sub par.

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