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balena Software Developer reviews

3.2

49% would recommend to a friend

(13 total reviews)

33% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Work/Life balance

3.4

Compensation and benefits

3.0

Culture & values

2.9

Diversity & inclusion

2.9

Senior management

2.8

Career opportunities

Reviews by job title

13 reviews
1.0
Jun 15, 2020

Bossy CEO

Software engineer
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Full remote, contact with end-users

Cons

Bossy CEO, which enjoys micro-managing every team and blocking every decision process: it's either his way or no way, even when his way makes no sense. Rest of the management looks victim of his arrogance, staying silent during calls, but agreeing with the complaints during 1:1s

2.0
May 28, 2020

CEO-centric company

Software developer
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

+ really great product and interesting use cases + fully remote + transparency in most things

Cons

- everything revolves around the CEO. He likes to micromanage and you don't want to disagree with him - no feedback culture, weak sense of product ownership, NIH syndrome... but YMMV - partly because of the company structure, there is a very little space to grow beyond your normal job and to get feedback

1.0
Jan 16, 2020

Lip service to employee happiness and culture

Software engineer
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Remote working - Snacks - Some good people in the company (dwindling though) - fairly good pay (if you fight for it)

Cons

- 'flat' hierarchy means that there is no chance of personal growth - CEO views people as server instances ready to spin up or down, the place is a revolving door of people getting hired and fired. - no focus on employee happiness - no vision for the product. there is always a new thing that management wants to work on whilst the core product suffers from lack of attention.

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