Apollo GraphQL reviews about "time"

As a long-time user of Apollo's OSS, working here was a dream come true and the experience has so far exceeded my expectations. Throughout the pandemic, the leadership team has actively encouraged employees to take time off when needed ("unlimited time off" is definitely not a trap here!). If I had to describe the culture in a word it would be "kindness." We all work very hard and are driving toward big goals, but work/life balance is front and center and everyone is very thoughtful in their interactions with coworkers and generous in sharing their time to help onboard new team members.

Flexible Paid Time off and working hours

I really love working here. * The people and culture here are wonderful across the entire org. * The unlimited time off is the real deal, I've even been encouraged to take time off at times. This is not your 80hr work week startup, we work normal (flexible) hours and live our lives after the work day. * Remote work life is first rate - we've been doing it since before COVID-19 and it's gotten even better. We have people from around the world here. * The work is interesting and exciting. Everything we do as engineers here is visible to a large part of the developer community. * As an engineer, I'm constantly learning here. The people here are intelligent and driven and I'm always learning something whether or not I intend to. * Upper management really cares about the people here. Their efforts to not lose touch and make decisions in our interest are frequently apparent. The bottom line is important to them but it's not the only thing that matters. As far as the company goes, this feels like an exciting (promising) place to be right now. We're building awesome tech that companies want and are willing to pay for.

- Company is incredibly supportive - Team is very concerned with community and not just bottom line of the firm - Financially solid, fiscally responsible - Healthcare benefits are top-notch and simple. Instead of having dozens of options, none of which really cover what you need, there is one plan with too much of everything. Never felt more supported by my employer - On-call time is paid extra on top of your salary. The company puts its money where its mouth is and values employee time above and beyond regular hours - Company has "mandatory/suggested" holidays on top regular time off. This is to offset the potential curse of "unlimited time off" resulting in folks not taking any time off - Even in the midst of the pandemic, the company is making long term sustainable growth, with companies that one would assume are otherwise shrinking. Incredible.

- Colleagues: really. People here are genuinely compassionate, earnest, candid, and concerned for one another. Made being here during the pandemic one of the easiest things. - HR/Management and their eye toward increasing company holidays: again, during the pandemic, the compassion from everyone played itself out as the company giving extra holidays to try and get folks to take more time off. - Autonomy/Purpose: For Engineers, there's a tonne of freedom to make changes and see your contributions get in front of clients quickly. This can mean ownership of chunks of the codebase, and the ability to really get to solve tougher problems. - Remote first: Engineering has done a good job at keeping people motivated and Product has done a good job keeping everyone moving in the same direction - Product: The folks in charge of product, from the Director down to the individual managers, are all keenly aware of the work to be done, have a strong technical background, making building developer tools really cohesive.

I feel lucky to have joined the company early enough to see the incredible growth over the past year. I'm excited about the company future. I hope my review can help people make their decision for the next step in their career. * Amazing products: GraphQL is one of the hottest technologies today. It is widely relevant to companies globally large and small. Its open source products have millions of downloads per week and its commercial products serve many of the world's biggest companies. The technology can make a big difference in user experience, software development velocity, and time to market. With its open source and commercial products, Apollo plays in both B2C and B2B markets which is cool. The company has a big vision for the future and the incredible growth over the past year has supported that vision. • Awesome founders: I think this is one of the key reasons Apollo is different from many hot startups out there. Geoff and Matt are very smart. thoughtful, down to earth, approachable, and kind. They do not care about hierarchy. They treat you with respect regardless of your position. If they don't know things, they say they don't know, and never pretend like they know more than they do. They have a great sense of humor and are pretty cool people. • Great culture: I absolutely love Apollo culture. I think the founders are one part of it. The other part is attributed to Apollo's rigorous hiring process. The culture is collaborative, kind, transparent, inclusive and progressive. It allows flexible hours, remote work and work life balance. Yes, work life balance does exist here. It's a startup so it can be very busy, but you own your schedule and find the balance for yourself. The company does encourage people to take time off, we occasionally have company holiday for people to recharge. Many people have small kids and it's ok to block your calendar for family duties. There are women in leadership positions and in the company board of directors. The company also cares about diversity and has relatively good representation of people from under-represented groups. • Great customers: Apollo serves many of the world's famous brands. The relationships with customers are often collaborative. They look at Apollo more as a partner than just a vendor.