Company downfall by a non technical CTO - Software Engineer Hazelcast Employee Review

1.0
Sep 20, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Honestly, a lot of the reasons for working here are gone. All the engineering talent worth working with has left in droves, leaving generally clueless leadership on what to do with this product in a fast-changing market quickly making the Hazelcast technology obsolete and irrelevant.

Cons

The CEO continuously makes bad hires, most starkly their CTO and CMO who did not take the time to understand the product and failed to make it relevant for the evolving market because of a lack of willingness to listen to customers.

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Hazelcast Response
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Thank you for sharing your perspective. We’re sorry to hear that your experience at Hazelcast has been disappointing, and we take your feedback seriously. While we regret that you feel leadership decisions have impacted the company negatively, we appreciate your candid thoughts about the challenges you identified. We understand that retaining and nurturing top talent is critical to our success, and we're actively working to strengthen our team and create an environment where employees feel valued and heard. Regarding your concerns about market relevance, we’re continually listening to customer feedback and adjusting our strategy to stay competitive in an ever evolving industry. Leadership transitions can be challenging, but we are committed to ensuring that Hazelcast remains innovative and aligned with market needs. We recognize that there’s always room for improvement and that feedback like yours helps us focus on areas that need attention. If you'd like to share more specific thoughts or further discuss your experience we would welcome you to contact the people team directly.

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5.0
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Pros

The technology itself is great and used by many big-name customers in mission critical systems. The culture is very collegial and there is generally a lot of collaboration up and down and across the org chart. Employees have a fair amount of autonomy. People work hard but a balanced life is encouraged.

Cons

Frequent direction changes. It's a necessary function of the market the product serves and tech in general but at times it can be stressful.

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