Best Job I've had in NYC - Software Engineer Troops Employee Review

5.0
May 7, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

I've been an engineer in NYC for the last 6 years, and this is by far the best shop for which I've worked. There's that "honeymoon" feeling you get when you start a new job and coming to work for the first few months is actually fun. I still get that here after 2+ years. Relaxed culture -- they encourage their employees to express themselves, this means no having to feel like you are one person outside of work and a different person at work. You come as and are accepted as who you are. The culture is a product of the employees, not something management dictates from the top. Everyone is able to add as much or as little as they want to it. Strong team -- everyone strives to make everyone else better and quality of work is high. You will learn from others. Flexible vacation policy -- get your work done and take the time off that you need. Upper management is very attentive to everyone, regardless of position. You can get an audience with any of C-level management anytime and they take feedback seriously. Transparency around performance -- you know where you stand regarding your performance and are encouraged to speak up if you ever do not.

Cons

As with any successful startup, you must be flexible with process change, organizational growth and office location changes as the company progresses through its early stages.

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5.0
Jul 20, 2020
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Pros

Everyone from the CEO down the interns are all intelligent and pleasant people to work with. The overall work culture is welcoming and engaging. No one's ego gets in the way and everyone works toward common goals together.

Cons

Priorities shift often and quickly. You have to be ready to keep up if you want to work here.

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5.0
Nov 20, 2019
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Pros

• Incredible People: Everyone at Troops I had the pleasure of working with was really smart, talented and hardworking. Even better, they were friendly, helpful and actually cared about the product, company and teammates. Troops is definitely doing a great job hiring the right people, and building a great culture. • Cool Product and Loyal Customers: The product is extremely powerful (far more than it appears on the surface), and provides a lot of value to customers. Customers are a lot of tech and non-tech companies, many of whose sales teams live and breathe Troops. Customers love the product, and the company has insanely good customer retention. Product team is also really nice and very competent, which is a big plus. • Great Engineering Team: All the engineers are incredibly talented, awesome people I really enjoyed working with. You'll also get to work very closely with the product team and get a lot of ownership and responsibility in a team with great engineering culture. The technologies they use are also really nice - functional programming in Scala and React.js. • Growth Opportunities: Because Troops is a small, fast-growing startup, there are good growth paths for people- it's a great opportunity to get into a growing company at an early stage, and grow personally in your career.

Cons

• Only minor pains of a young startup

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