Disappointed - Anonymous employee iHerb Employee Review

2.0
Jan 26, 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

there is a lot of room for growth and decent compensation

Cons

Depends on team and management but for me high level management is not well versed with engineering. A lot of decisions are made by "favorites" rather then experienced engineers. High turn over No design or planning Testing severely lacks No CD/CI, No UT Spaghetti code wazoo, and it keeps getting bigger Lack of planning leads to code monkeying ("Fix that bug, Ohh look A new bug") Pull Requests Rubber Stamping buffet Put simply you ain't going to walk into a clean room and you won't be able to clean it all the way because your room mate does not care about cleaning

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iHerb Response
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Thanks so much for your review! We understand your thoughts and opinions on our management in the engineering department. We're always looking for ways to improve, so we will make sure we bring your feedback to the appropriate teams.

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