Toxic culture and poor leadership hinder growth opportunities - Senior Software Engineer Cirium Employee Review

2.0
Jun 18, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

2 hrs per week for Learning(if you get capacity) Some really great employees benefits Potential to be better as product as well a culture.

Cons

List is unlimited and is getting bigger since a lot has change (bad change) from last year in company's culture. At high level, the current state of technical leadership is the result of bad hiring and decisions.(Its quite visible how series of bad decision in hiring the position of leaders and promoting has impacted not only all engineering teams but some of the most foundational team(which is now gone entirely) and as a result entire Engineering is suffering). The decision making is in silos, and no VP or Directors now knows or understands or even wants to understand how deeply we are in the puddles. HR is either unaware or intentionally has decided to keep the eyes shut on the state of this. The internal feedback system once used for honest feedback for improvement is now faked to positive to avoid the retaliation from the leaders(as no one wants to lose the job, we have Mortagage to pay). Leadership believes in saving their reputation by covering up themselves from bad decisions which resulted in many great people leaving. Company now do not has retention as priority, its clearly has communicated and hinted over and over again, that everyone is replaceable, and we should do what has been asked for, which has created a hostile environment. These issues have been here for almost a year and not even a single change has been made. We have been told over all hands to speak up, do the right thing but if one speaks up we'll only be with the option to retaliate or quit. Career opportunities is now not something that will be given to you if you deserve it or through a transparent process, but if you are from the same other company everyone is coming from, or you have certain influence over the Leadership.

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Cirium Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback and for your many years with Cirium. We're sorry to hear that your experience over the past year has not reflected the culture and environment we strive to create. We appreciate you taking the time to provide such detailed feedback. At the same time, we're pleased to hear that you've found value in our employee benefits and dedicated learning time. Thank you for sharing your concerns regarding culture, leadership and career development. Feedback like this is important, and we take it seriously. We are committed to creating an environment where colleagues feel supported, respected and able to share their views openly. Trust, transparency, collaboration and opportunities for growth are fundamental to a positive employee experience. As our business continues to evolve, we remain focused on strengthening these areas and improving the experience of our colleagues across the organisation. Thank you again for sharing your perspective. We value open dialogue and encourage colleagues to continue providing feedback through the channels available to them. Listening to and learning from our people is an important part of how we move forward as a business.

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