Great Workplace Ruined by Poor Decision Making - Anonymous employee Syndio Employee Review

1.0
Jul 9, 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Some of the most talented, driven, and intelligent people you'll get to work with. - Interesting projects and a lot of opportunity to grow your career. - Org has a great set of company values and the product is doing something positive. - Engineering culture is great. I honestly had a great time working here and enjoyed coming into work every day. The engineering team was fantastic and the culture was great, until there were layoffs.

Cons

Unfortunately everything mentioned in the pros section was wiped away with the recent layoffs. The engineering department went through a 50% reduction in force late may/early june and there has since been a lot of changes such as changes in culture and values. Before the layoffs it was easy to look passed the many cancelled projects (after being 50% completed by a team) due to how good the engineering culture was. My major complaints are : - Heavy push to AI. This isn't just normal usage of AI, it feels more like a quota instead of improving a teams efficiency by injecting AI into their daily workflow. Instead you are being told its absolutely mandatory. You must use AI and usage is monitored. - The way that layoffs were handled. Its understandable that business is business and layoffs happen but the way it was handled is unfortunate especially at a small company. - Frequent cancelled projects. - No clear plan for the future (atleast none communicated to IC's). - Complete 180 in company values post layoffs. What used to be creating fair and equitable workplaces has become how the platform can cut comp costs for potential candidates.

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Syndio Response
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Feedback like this is tough to hear, and we take it seriously. From the beginning, we’ve been committed to building with intention and care. We understand how recent changes might look like a move away from pay equity. However, that still remains central to our work. What’s changing is how we bring it to life, moving earlier in the decision-making process to help companies make smarter, fairer pay decisions. As our products evolve, we'll continue to stay close to what our customers need most and finding innovative ways to deliver it.

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