Decent pay and good benefits
Visa sponsorship and relocation help
Recognised brand and good for your CV
A lot of really great people from all over the world
Tech is pretty bleeding edge and most processes work excellently at the scale they’re operating
Possible team moves and horizontal positions
Cons
This rigid RTO policy where your attendance is tracked and you don’t even get to choose your days felt more important to the senior leadership than the actual output
Work on some teams was lacking direction and strategy
A bit of a “big brother” style culture but I guess it’s common at this scale
Checkout.com Response
10mo
Thank you for sharing your experience and for highlighting what you valued during your time with us, from our benefits, relocation support, and global culture to the exciting technology and opportunities for mobility across teams. We’re proud to hear these aspects made a positive impact on your journey.
We also appreciate your perspective on ways we can continue to improve. Feedback like this helps us as we evolve and scale while striving to keep Checkout.com a great place to work.
We wish you every success in your next chapter and thank you for your contributions.
- Ownership at all levels for all parties
- Support for growth at all levels
- Very smart people all around
- Fast paced
- Thriving business
- Great visibility across the industry
- Interesting and challenging problems to solve tech-wise and product-wise
- Great transparent rewards, benefits and bonus package
- Learning runs in each cell of the company
- CKO principles are genuinely meant, practiced and evangelized, eg: Customer-First, Better, every day, etc.
- Very transparent, high functioning and efficient management
- Constant feedback and learning
- Free food
- Regular socials
- Big clients (Netflix, ebay, agoda, klarna, you name it.....)
- Satisfaction to see your work impacting millions across the globe
Cons
- Sometimes, in a big organization it is very hard to normalize the engineering culture and managers could become bottlenecks or the pain points. If there was something that checkout could improve, it is to become great across all pillars and functions
- There are some bad apples from the past
- The balance between fast paced deliveries and engineering excellence could improve across all pillars
Checkout.com Response
1y
Thank you for taking the time to share your detailed review and for being a valued part of Checkout.com for over four years. We’re delighted to hear that you've had such a positive experience and that our culture of ownership, continuous learning, and growth has been meaningful to you.
Your feedback on our core values such as Customer First and Better Every Day, is especially encouraging. These principles are central to everything we do, and it’s great to hear that they are being practised and embraced across the company. We’re also pleased that you find satisfaction in working with some of the world’s most recognised brands and tackling interesting, impactful challenges.
We truly appreciate your constructive feedback regarding the engineering culture and the balance between speed and excellence. As a rapidly growing company, we recognise the importance of maintaining consistency across teams and functions. We are actively working to ensure that our engineering practices continue to evolve in a way that promotes both agility and quality. Your comments regarding management and process improvements are noted, and we’re committed to addressing these areas to enhance collaboration and ensure the best possible environment for all teams.
Thank you once again for your contributions and insights. We value your role in our journey and are committed to continuously improving the experience for all employees.
Modern stack, interesting domain, company culture.
Cons
A lot of organisational changes make stress and don't allow focus on goals, poor documentation, lack of communication between teams, legacy, lack of vision of the future (nobody knows what happens in next 3 months)
Checkout.com Response
2y
Thanks for sharing your feedback and for noting the aspects of Checkout.com that you truly enjoy! Change management - how we bring our employee base better through change - and communication - the cadence, channels, cascades and consistency - are part of the Eteam’s H2 priorities. You will see progress in these areas in H2.