Pion Software Developer reviews

1.4

10% would recommend to a friend

(6 total reviews)
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Michael Eder

10% approve of CEO

10% positive business outlook

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6 reviews
1.0
Mar 26, 2025

Horrible management - Avoid

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Pros

Remote? (won't be for much longer) Discounts that don't work

Cons

Literally every benefit was cut, even the pension is just at 3%. Had learning budget - cut, flexi friday - cut, personal development day -cut, unlimited holidays, as you guessed it, cut and then layoffs. The company is doing very badly financially and the management are unable to actually see what's wrong. Working on features that never make it to students and always rushing to complete and start on the next thing that does nothing again. Zero insight and silly ideas making user experience worse by unskippable screens and asking access to user data for features, As far as room to grow in the company, there is none, there are some "coaching sessions" with arbitrary and very loose goals that are very easy to interpret the way they want to deny you a raise or promotion. You are being overworked and have introduced measures to measure productivity that was supposed to not be taken into account, but guess what, they were taken into account, of course in a way that benefits the company, so they are very unreliable and untrustworthy. Also, they expect you to stay for a couple of years and if you don't leave, you are being let go because you cost too much and you will be replaced with juniors. So if you're not a junior and see a role opening, just skip it, it is not worth your time or your sanity.

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Pion Response
1y
Thank you for your feedback. We have recently made some very difficult decisions to ensure the longevity of the business and stability for our employees going forward. We regularly share our vision and business plan with all employees to ensure clarity. Additionally, we are reviewing our learning support, which works alongside our competency frameworks, learning budgets, and coaching and mentoring. Pion.
1.0
Feb 12, 2025
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Pros

There are some great people that work here.

Cons

My experience aligns with the other reviews below. While my immediate team was made up of fantastic people but we were not set up for success by company management. Squad goals seemed to change on a whim, and if a feature didn’t achieve immediate success, it was abandoned entirely. The recent redundancy process—despite the company’s profitability—saw over 20 employees from product and engineering let go, leaving a sour taste among those remaining, many of whom are now looking to leave. The consultation period, which supposedly gave employees a chance to compete for their roles, appears to have been a sham. A clear pattern has since emerged: those let go had shorter notice periods than colleagues who remained in the same role, suggesting the company prioritised cost-cutting over fairness. For those who remain, previously advertised benefits such as unlimited holiday and Flexi-Friday have been removed and all pay reviews have been cancelled. Processes are being put in place which mean that those working in product will now be held responsible for the -continued- failures of the sales team. The company’s “values” are of no concern to senior leadership and are only used as a stick to beat the rank-and-file with. There is never any accountability for failures in direction or mismanagement and those responsible are simply shuffled around, inevitably leading to further failures down the line. For those considering applying all future roles will be advertised as hybrid, meaning new hires may be required to attend the office even if their entire team is fully remote. Good luck!

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Pion Response
1y
Thank you for sharing your feedback. We acknowledge the significant impact these changes have had on our existing employees. These changes were implemented to ensure the long-term viability of the business, providing stability going forward. The process was executed with an emphasis on fairness, transparency, and consistency for all affected employees. We have transitioned to a hybrid model in our Commercial departments, this is to enhance collaboration and communication, building on existing hybrid arrangements utilised by many team members. We extend our best wishes for your future endeavors. Sincerely, Pion
5.0
Mar 25, 2021
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Pros

Great focus on personal development, with weekly 1 to 1 mentoring, biweekly personal development meetings, dedicated personal development days and a budget you can manage. I've never felt more valued by a company in this regard. You have a good level of autonomy to get work done while still being accountable for it. Teams have ownership of parts of the product and are trusted to do what they think is best to help achieve goals. There's a healthy engineering culture with all engineers taking responsibility to ensure that code standards are maintained and we that are always looking to improve. There's always an effort to do things properly rather than find quick hacky solutions which will cause headaches in the future. The product team continually strives to refine and improve processes as the team grows. The company really embraced going remote-first and it's working well.

Cons

None I can think of

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