Great organisation turning mediocre
Pros
Still some amazing people left Free food - breakfast and Friday lunch Dev talks Office library Team activities like pumpkin carving and gingerbread house decoration. Other social activities.
Cons
Flextrade used to be an amazing place to work. I would have gladly recommended it to any of my friends. Unfortunately in the past couple of years, the organisation has changed significantly. Flextrade used to be a learning organisation, an office packed with inspiring people who were keen to learn and keen to mentor. I personally attribute my passion for my work to the amazing people I've worked with. The ethos was contagious and it was impossible to not get carried away with this wave of passion for building software the right way. Things have changed a lot since. Some key people left including the Head of development and the environment in the organisation has changed since then. It's extremely discouraging that such a key person wasn't replaced. Other incredible managers left and were never replaced. The environment had become extremely toxic ever since and people have been shouted it and it seems acceptable. It feels like a few key sales people seem to be dictating everything within the organisation including client services and software development. The number of people in development in the London office seem to have dwindled considerably over the past two years and what used to be an organisation thriving on innovation, seems to be constantly fire-fighting. As things, stand now, I would not recommend Flextrade as a workplace. That said, I deeply care about Flextrade and really hope they open their eyes and acknowledge and alleviate this downward spiral.
