A place of growth (and healing!)
Pros
Since starting at student beans I've been totally blown away by the amount of care and support given to all aspects of our work & life. It's a real pleasure to work with my team, and the leadership I've been in contact with have a truly inspirational management approach of servant leadership. - We decide together what to do and what we can do with the resources we have, so that we avoid being overworked. I recognise that top down management is deeply ingrained in our society and education, and in this company real progress is made (and has been made) to move towards a servant leadership. Keep going! - A lot of resources are given towards our professional development, in terms of budget, coaching, mentoring & hands on experience. It's really a place where you can get as much out as you put in. - There is a clear progression framework that has been developed, so that promotions are much more objective, and one can work to develop the necessary skills to move up. - A lot of work has been done towards ramping up social gatherings in order to mitigate the fact we're all working remotely, and give us more opportunities to meet face to face. - There is plenty of opportunities to give feedback, and there is enough psychological safety that we can speak out about anything that might be bothering us, or suggest ideas for improvement through multitude of avenues. I feel feedback is heard and action is taken. - I feel looked after both as a worker and as a human being with a life outside of work. There is respect for people's personal commitments, time off and needs, and plenty of flexibility is given to fit work around one's life. - We have an excellent agile team that really help in harmonising our ways of working. - All the colleagues I've come in contact with so far have been helpful, friendly and positive - We are trusted to get the job done without micromanagement - I feel strongly supported to become a better engineer, both in terms of hard skills as well as soft skills. - A lot of resources has been invested into automating the grunt work of development, so we can just get on with coding, while keeping everything in great order! It's quite an impressive bit of machinery :) - It's a place where people can make mistakes, learn from them, and get better. There seems to be a no blame culture.
Cons
Can't think of any at present!