Awful company, only with hatful of idea how to exploit and squeeze staffs - Junior Software Engineer Compare The Market Employee Review

1.0
Jan 24, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

A brand that everyone in UK heard, and that's it

Cons

- A sinking boat who think they are flying - Super low salary - Tough to move up in your career unless you're really good at pleasing the higher-ups (especially skiplevels and C-suits). Once you get the offer, then you've hit a dead end in your career with the same certain job title at this company. - Meetings with your line manager don't really matter because they can't decide on promotions. Instead, someone who doesn't know your work well judges you based on their first impression subjectively. - They start revamping their website, moving to a monorepo, the working culture is sick. And the end goal is to fire the group of engineers to reduce the workforce. - Keep telling "oh we made hundreds of millions in past months" but the fact is they only try their all best to cut budget from staff. The bonus scheme is a joke, when all staff are getting 4% (in max) of their poor salary, while higher-ups get at least 20%. - Short viewed. They are so afraid of Money Sxxxx Mxxxxx, and the main focus is just trying to beat other companies. - A company who never listen to employees. Sitting high and say "Oh we cant pleased every one, if you dont like then leave" is just disgusting.

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

When I joined I was quite impressed with the culture that was floated. I raised few issues in the team and then was targeted. My line manager was the most defensive person I have seen. Asks for feedback and then defends it and targets. - No support as a new joiner. Expectations are quite high in a team that is new and figuring out and with no process in place. - Never felt part of the team as a new joiner. Everyone’s trying to put a show to get some visibility. Prepare to get backstabbed. This is honestly the company culture. - Mediocre pay with FAANG expectations. You will see the work culture literally getting copied from FAANGs. - When you are targeted start looking outside. You are going to get kicked out soon - Work culture is that of putting pressure on the employees. Too many HR emails on new expectations to meet for performance reviews. - Honestly it is not a 9-5 job. As a senior engineer you are expected to quite a lot more outside your regular work. Most of my team mates used to work outside work hours and weekends to meet deadlines. - Hire and fire. Interviews that don’t match day to day job expectations. If you are deciding between two offers, definitely pick the other one. I made this mistake and regret it.

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Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We want all colleagues to feel welcomed, respected and part of the team from day one. We're committed to providing a supportive environment with strong onboarding, development and leadership across the business and we’d be really grateful if you would feel comfortable reaching out to your HRBP so that we can both support you and make sure we have everything in place to support other new joiners.
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