BrowserStack reviews about "manager"

Nothing major that comes in mind. Sometimes the fast paced work environment and product development may required quick upskilling and agile thinking which may be a con for some folks.

Career progression conversations could happen more proactively instead of waiting for formal review cycles

The pace of product development can be demanding, so staying current with new features and adapting quickly is important.

- You can see how many good reviews are added on 26/27th May to show all is good, but those reviews are not reality on ground. - Check Blind app to know reality before you interview or join - New employees are expected to operate from Mumbai only and may be required to visit office based on management decisions. -Management expectations have become unrealistic after adoption of AI tools like Claude. Teams are expected to deliver “3L” work items in 1 week(5 working days), where even “1L” traditionally represents ~18 days of manual engineering effort. -Employees are expected to independently handle PRD creation, UI/UX design, frontend development, backend development, QA automation, and production delivery — regardless of role/designation and without meaningful compensation adjustments. - Fear-based messaging around performance, productivity, and job security has become increasingly common. -Many long-time leadership members who have been at the company since early stages continue to reinforce and support unrealistic initiatives instead of challenging impractical expectations or advocating for teams. -Hard deadlines and continuous delivery pressure have become normalized across teams. -“Work-life integration” policies largely feel performative for lower-level employees. At Lead, Senior Lead, and EM levels, there is an implicit expectation to remain available around the clock. -10–12+ hour workdays have become common, yet employees still feel constant pressure from managers and senior leadership to deliver more. -Employee wellbeing, personal health, and sustainability often appear secondary to delivery expectations. -Micromanagement has increased significantly, including tracking and monitoring of employee activity through laptop. -“Unlimited leave” feels more like branding than a genuinely usable policy, with employees questioned even for moderate leave usage. - Some managers and leaders appear to reward visibility, constant pressure, and upward alignment over sustainable execution practices. -Compensation does not feel aligned with workload, ownership expectations, or delivery pressure.

There is no proper process in running the team. Their principle is blitz scale which puts speed over efficiency, which may be bad for some. Too much work in a short span of time and the dev gets burnt out. As an engineering manager, I didn't have powers to stay along with the engineers. I left the place because of ethical reasons..

Bad in compensation and Managers are worst

- The org is going through strategic changes, which means one needs to get comfortable working through changing priorities. What is urgent today may be old news in just 2 days - Senior leaders can do better when it comes to recognizing efforts and good results - Sometimes the pressure can get a bit much; not always, but when something needs to be pulled off, the expectations can get very unrealistic and it puts everyone on very elevated stress

As the company continues to scale, keeping up with new products, internal updates, and evolving priorities can occasionally require extra effort.