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Doist

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4.5

89% would recommend to a friend

(29 total reviews)
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Amir Salihefendic

93% approve of CEO

80% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.5

Culture & values

4.5

Compensation and benefits

4.4

Work/Life balance

4.3

Senior management

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Career opportunities

Doist has an employee rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars, based on 29 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Doist employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

Reviews by job title

29 reviews
5.0
Aug 1, 2018

Best decision I ever made, great company which cares about people

Software developer
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Every day there's a new challenge to work on that keeps me motivated, it allows me to learn new stuff, and how to produce a better work than the one from the previous day. Working at Doist allows me to meet people from all over the world and learn about new cultures. It's truly amazing to know that you'll have such a fantastic group of people, the Doist Family, always by your side on your ups and downs.

Cons

It's not really a con, but working remotely can be a challenge some times. From the outside people think that it's fantastic; you work from home, with your own schedule, etc. And yes, it's truly fantastic. But it's not that easy. It's easy to overwork from time to time, to not know when to stop working. Because of the freedom, it can also be difficult to focus some times. This said, I think that with time and self-discipline you can end up having a great remote work experience. And if at some point you need help, ask it to your team mates.

5.0
May 17, 2020

Wonderful culture

Developer
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- The incredible part: I haven't encountered one single person who is hard to work with. I have nothing but the best of words for my 70+ colleagues. - Interesting challenges. We have a system of proposing what we want to work on and embarking on them, and one month per year we can work on projects of our own choice. As long as you can make people see the impact of something that you want to work on, you have relative freedom to choose your own work. - Caring culture. Our culture is rather Scandinavian, and you can tell that the company really cares about your wellbeing. During the ongoing Convid pandemic, both Amir and department heads made a point to stress on placing life and family above work and job. - Transparency. Everything is discussed openly, and everything is up for discussion. People are great at giving and taking feedback. - Salary adjustment + 2 benefit payouts per year. Salary is automatically adjusted every year, so no need to wrestle your way into a raise. Benefit is calculated based on formula as well. In fact, I don't think we do negotiations with offers either. IMO this is best for both sides, as all cards are on the table, take or leave, fair and square. - Benefits. Company retreat, team retreat, 40 days PTO, parental leave, etc.

Cons

- Salary. Salary is good, but its calculation takes into account the COL of our location. So, not comparable to silicon valleys'. For a developer this can be a downside as more and more companies over there are offering remote positions, especially in recent years, generating competition. - Company structure. Since we're remote from all around the world, even full-time employees are on "permanent contracts", which means tax can be a pain to do. - Technical debt. The company started a while ago, so some parts of the code can be ancient. Though I can see that we're making good steady effort to address them, so not particularly worried on this regard. - Socializing. Occasionally I get sad that I don't get to see my incredible colleagues as much as I'd like. They could be such great real life friends.

4.0
Jan 19, 2024

Great product doesn't equate great working experience

Backend software engineer
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Very interesting product - Knowledgeable people - Probably the best CEO and CTO I have ever met, both down to Earth, hands on and approachable. - Retreats twice a year to meet everyone and your team. - Sensible perks - Work from anywhere, any time

Cons

- Average staring compensation, progression on pause when I was around. - Location based compensation - Messy legacy code base with multiple ongoing migrations. Nothing you could have had experience with before. Low exposure to transferable knowledge and high chance of losing one you might have. Many parts of the code base were written by people who are no longer around and there is no documentation. You will be expected to thrive in this. - Too much dogfooding, gets in the way of being productive. - Resurfacing information is difficult. Spread across several systems, not all being well searchable. A lot of knowledge in people's heads. - Async taken to the extreme. Might not be everyone's cup of tea. In the backend team it felt like being a team of 1 and the code reflected that. - Participation in 2nd level support for a month is a nightmare. - I haven't been around for that long to confirm this but I got a feeling there are several cliques. It is not unexpected given the well above average tenure of people, especially in the C-suite. Fresh blood would do the company good.

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Doist Response
10mo
Thank you so much for your review and apologies for taking long to respond. We aim to continously improve and iterate on all things at Doist and proud of the iterations we've made over the last 2 years. We appreciate the positive shoutout to our CEO and CTO, we can't agree more. This humble and approachable Leadership element still exists today amongst all our Leaders. We really love our product and enjoy dogfooding to make sure we get first hand experience of what is going well and what can improve. We really appreciate all the constructive feedback, thank you again for sharing this.
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