Sonder Software Developer reviews

3.4

12% would recommend to a friend

(14 total reviews)
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Francis Davidson

14% approve of CEO

7% positive business outlook

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14 reviews
3.0
Nov 16, 2022

Mixed feelings about it

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

People are genuinely nice people

Cons

Lots of political conflicts spilling down to projects - people stepping on each other’s foot over domain possessions. This causes a lot of internal disagreements Layoffs and then attempting to rehire - this seems like management over-adjusted and just a general mismanagement Fired CTO and never backfilled that position - headless

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Sonder Response
3y
Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts. An important part of our culture is a never-ending pursuit to make things better, so we’re committed to taking feedback on board. If you'd be open to it, please reach out to your manager, HR Business Partner or to hrbp@sonder.com
3.0
Nov 2, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great in team dynamics and definitely room to grow

Cons

Confusing and what felt like misguided responses from upper management. A fear against speaking out.

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Sonder Response
3y
Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts. An important part of our culture is a never-ending pursuit to make things better, so we’re committed to taking feedback on board. We’re concerned to hear that you felt a fear of speaking out. We value diversity of thought, and believe that being different is a necessary driver of better outcomes. We champion feedback and continuous improvement, and we strive to create a safe environment for everyone to voice issues. If you'd be open to it, please reach out to your manager, HR Business Partner or to hrbp@sonder.com
4.0
Jul 26, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- The perks are awesome. Never had trouble taking vacations, and it's great to have access to such useful service when traveling - Great communication between different teams, and with leadership - Sonder supports you when you want to go above and beyond your particular role: Like presenting? They will hand you a stage and a mic. Like design? They will hand you paper, pen, and surround you with experts. Like working with experimental software? They will give you the budget and encourage you to tinker away, as long as it has potential to bring back value to the company.

Cons

Like most software companies, you are spread pretty thin and under constant stress. From picking up calls in the weekend, debugging production, measuring impact of your own work, to of course delivering software to users, there is no way to specialize or do just what you like to do at Sonder. Particular to Sonder, is how you are pushed out of your comfort zone. You might be a backend web developer, but if the need is for mobile development, well, you are a mobile developer now! This is unfortunate if you were planning to do a career in backend or frontend development.

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Sonder Response
4y
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review about your experiences. We take pride in developing our employees and helping them explore their areas of interest. We are also happy to hear that you have enjoyed working with our teams and enjoying time off and utilizing all the great Sonder perks! It’s true that long hours and turnover can take a toll on employee experience. Over the last year we have put concrete measures into place to improve work-life balance for our teams, such as reinstating monthly culture budgets, and starting hiring again to help alleviate workloads. We believe that it’s up to our Leadership to model these behaviors and have intentionally focused on encouraging employees to create and maintain boundaries for a work-life balance. Additionally, headcount projections are being reviewed regularly to enable the company to have adequate staff as we continue to grow and ensure that all employees have the support they need. We’d love to continue the conversation further, if you're comfortable, please reach out to your HR Business Partner via email at hrbp@sonder.com.
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