Strong team but weird management... - Ruby On Rails Developer Toptal Employee Review

4.0
Feb 13, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

really great and strong team. you can learn a lot

Cons

weird management, really huge dev department and weak communications

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Toptal Response
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We've invested heavily in building a strong engineering team so that we can continue to scale rapidly. At the same time, we’re always working to improve communications. If you feel you need more visibility into any ongoing initiatives, don’t hesitate to ask for it.

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Cons

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