Software Engineer - Software Engineer Upgrade Employee Review

5.0
Jul 13, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Where to begin, Awesome coworkers, smarter peoples I know, solution-oriented and egoless. If you need help they will be there for you and if you just want them to cheer you up in tough time they will easily put a smile on your face. Great benefits, anything you would expect from a San Francisco startup. Of course the free foods, drinks, flexible hours and work from home, but also workout compensation and insane health coverage. If I bike to the drugstore to buy some medicine, I actually come back richer !! Possibility to grow, the structure of the growing policy is made so anybody can grow as he wants. If you want to stay technical you can, if you want to take a management turn you can and if you want to go anywhere in between management will guide you in your path. A healthy company, not sure which one comes first, but it's a successful company that threat its employees well and the employee threat the company well. It's really a two-way relation. Company success belongs to everyone and they make it feel that way.

Cons

Not much cons, I would like to see more power and management in Montreal, but it's coming as we gain business knowledge. Hopefully our office will be able to continue to grow and it will comes naturally. The current shared office at Wework has some downside, but it will all being taking care of with the new office coming up in December 2018. I don't think I was supposed too, but I saw some primality plan and jeez it will be awesome. Hard to do bad with 14000 squares feets for 80 peeps though. I wish I could share slack thread about chairs and coffee machine choices. Can't wait to put my buns on that piece of art while drinking elixir from the gods.

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Pros

* The company provides free snacks in the office, which is a great perk for daily productivity. * Frequent company-wide events help foster a strong sense of community and team bonding. * The relaxed dress code allows employees to wear casual clothes, contributing to a comfortable and welcoming workplace environment. Elaboration: Mentioning these specific perks highlights a positive company culture that prioritizes employee well-being and comfort. When writing a Glassdoor review, these details are highly valuable to job seekers because they speak to the "day-to-day" experience of the role. Highlighting the balance between professional expectations and casual, social benefits creates a well-rounded picture of what it is like to be part of the team, suggesting that management values both morale and employee satisfaction.

Cons

The work environment is heavily defined by excessive micromanagement that stifles independent problem-solving. Communication is fragmented, as everyone provides different answers to the same questions, leading to constant confusion and redundant tasks. Furthermore, the internal culture is cutthroat; people are frequently willing to sabotage or "screw over" colleagues just to gain a minor personal advantage, which creates a deep lack of trust throughout the office. Advice for management: Management needs to establish a unified standard operating procedure to stop the conflicting information being disseminated to staff. Additionally, leadership should address the toxic "every person for themselves" mentality by fostering a culture that rewards teamwork rather than individual gain at the expense of others. Reducing the level of constant oversight would also empower employees to be more productive and engaged in their actual responsibilities.

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