Would not recommend to anyone - Anonymous employee Primer Employee Review

1.0
Oct 1, 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Provided equipment is pretty good, salary is also decent for the role.

Cons

Layoffs in 2022 were handled in the most unprofessional way I’ve ever seen in my career so far. Management don’t seem to have their finger on the pulse when it comes to real problems in the company. Teams are stretched so thin and working to crazy deadlines. Sometimes those deadlines are pointless as the product gets delayed or even cancelled with very little notice at all. It feels that your career basically stalls working here as most of your time is spent solely on finding issues in the code and working on legacy things. What’s worse is that large scale issues that take cross team collaboration are never really tackled properly and so, get worse over time. The culture can be quite toxic and the work life balance really isn’t there for the most part, long hours are pretty much the norm rather than the exception.

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Primer Response
2y
Hi, Thankyou for your review, your feedback is valuable to us and we are disappointed you feel this way about your time at Primer. We take employee feedback extremely seriously and every 6 months conduct our Employee Engagement Survey to understand what we can do more for our team at Primer. We strive for everyone here to be heard and listened to, we’re sorry you felt this was not the case. We are incredibly grateful to our employees who had to leave us during 2022. In what was a very tough time, we did everything within our power to support affected employees. This included, but was not limited to, leaving packages, equipment and ongoing career/mental health support. Career progression is also paramount to us here at Primer and we are proud of offering individual paths of progression to each Primer employee, via our bi annual appraisals and career coaching. Being able to promote internally and celebrate our achievements is something we also do often. Thanks again for taking the time to leave a review with us

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One of the Founders talks so condescendingly to his employees even publicly on slack that it’s alarming. Everyone is afraid to stand up to him so managers, and directors are all just yes men. Maybe the company wouldn’t be going down the tubes if they had listened to employees who were boots on the ground everyday and brought in more unique experiences than one entitled over-educated and pompous Frenchman. Micromanaging was EXCESSIVE at this company, if you don’t trust your employees, what are you doing?

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Primer Response
3y
Thank you for your review and for bringing these concerns to our attention. We are constantly striving to ensure that our employees are heard and valued at Primer, so it’s disappointing that you feel you have not had this experience. Innovation is at the heart of everything we do. We are constantly reviewing how we can gather feedback from Primigo’s and action their ideas, as well as ensuring that the well-being and needs of our employees are a top priority, past and present. Our co-founders, and all of us here at Primer, take how we communicate with each other very seriously. We're disappointed to hear your concerns and we have relayed your feedback. We are extremely grateful to you and all employees who played a part in current Primer's success and wish you all the best in your future endeavours. Thanks again for taking the time to leave a review with us, your feedback is greatly appreciated.
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