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Difficult environment to evolve - Software Engineer Software Competitiveness International Employee Review

1.0
Jan 22, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Pay on time There is a chance to work with a major customer and enrich your CV

Cons

Really customer centric approach. Do everything for the customer. Even if it is supposed that you are part of the customer's teams you need to be careful how you behave and what you say. Depending on customer's needs you might even change technologies or even position, different from which you were hired for. No mentorship for middle and junior engineers since customer cares for delivery. You may work alone without any other colleague to help you. Gives budget for trainings but it doesn't give you the time to do them. You must do them on your free time or you have to work overtime to cover the lost hours. The trainings have to be customer related or for company's ISO Certifications. No individual progress plan No remote. Even for covid period, remote was offered when they were obligated by the government. Very difficult to be promoted since you work for customers who see you as external. Moreover not only it is very difficult to change your payment status but despite paying on time there were also broken payment promises. Generally the management is really old fashioned with no willing to change. The majority of the offices are really bad with old and uncomfortable equipment. You might end to work even in a dark loft without window for fresh air and sun light. Prepare for really weird and personal question in interview stages.

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2.0
Apr 19, 2026
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Pros

-Work-life balance -Hybrid/remote work possible -Occasional raises of minimum to low percentage (not guaranteed) -Supermarket coupons for one specific chain -Excellent HR -Good office location (Marousi) -Salaries OK for mid/seniors

Cons

-Recent acquisition by large multinational company was done with zero warning or transparency, which has created a large gap of mistrust towards management and dramatically increased employee insecurity. -No opportunities for career advancement (even if one requests them) -Gatekeeping employees' in-company mobility by middle and upper management -Low starting salaries for juniors -Noticeable salary gender gap -Benefits not competitive for the Greek market -Offices are old and need better upkeep and cleaning -Lack of coherency and fulfilling work in many projects, old or new

3.0
Jan 26, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Usually good work-life balance and great HR. If you like mediocracy and get a little better than the Greek average salary it's fine but...

Cons

It's a trap for your career! For juniors they get wasted because, the few seniors that can (and want to) guide them are occupied with urgent worthless tasks or they have 5h meetings per day. For the seniors they want to evolve they don't really have the chance to do it and prove their worth, just because they are externals in a project they don't own (like every outsourcing scheme). They are buzzy with the tasks that owners don't want to do!

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