Politics at engineer level - Software Engineer Five9 Employee Review

3.0
Oct 24, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work From Home, Thursdays in clouds, catered lunch once a week, ESPP

Cons

Some long timers do politics at Engineer level. I know of one guy who implemented lot of AI stuff and was left in lurch after another long time Engineer (does not know technology) did politics on him. What a wasted engineer resource after all to the company.

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Five9 Response
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Thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback. While we do make an effort to maintain a great culture, where all employees can contribute and receive recognition, we realize we don't always get it right. The great news is that our senior leadership focuses on a productive and non-political culture, and we will definitely continue to make this a priority. I glad to hear you enjoy Thursdays in the Cloud, catered lunches and our incredible ESPP program!

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