X Software Engineer II reviews

3.0

30% would recommend to a friend

(39 total reviews)
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Linda Yaccarino

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14% positive business outlook

Software Engineer II employees have rated X with 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 39 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer II professionals have an average working experience there. X is rated 22% below average by Software Engineer II professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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39 reviews
1.0
Nov 5, 2022

Elon Musk Twitter is hell

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

If you're a fan of Elon Musk, maybe you'll be able to handle the expected 84-hour work weeks, lack of compensation, constant threat of more layoffs, and heckling from the public.

Cons

After 50% of the company got laid off, I was literally the only engineer left from my original team. Even my manager and staff-level teammates were gone. As I took over oncall duties for my now-deactivated teammate, with nobody to hand the role off to, ever, I saw other remaining engineers doing the same. The next time a critical issue arises, nobody is going to know how to fix it and the entire platform is just going to fail. It's extremely clear that Elon and his goons have no idea what they're doing.

4.0
Oct 25, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Lean teams, opportunity to own more of the pie. Great pay and reasonable WLB in my org; I've heard other orgs have less pay but excellent WLB. Straightforward upward mobility.

Cons

Stretched so thin that compliance initiatives and so on keep putting all team projects on ice for months or even years at a time, which can be a challenge when pursuing growth. Tech seems to be lagging behind other top companies... though it seems they will eventually get onto the cloud / more open source tech which would improve things.

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