30 Aug 2018
Anghami Reviews
3.7
71% would recommend to a friend
51% positive business outlook
Anghami has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 51 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Anghami employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).
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51 reviews
2.0
22 May 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
• You get to work with a product that millions use, on a scale dwarfed only by the household names in tech (Google, FB, et al). • Company culture is generally chill. There are frequent events such as team lunches, sessions, concerts, and company-wide parties. Few care about when you come and when you leave as long as you don't abuse the system, though this is sadly changing. • A lot of talented engineers are employed at Anghami. You'll learn a lot on the technical side. • On certain teams you'll have the opportunity to do a lot of impact. Many times you'll drive a feature from conception to execution yourself. • Salaries are above average, not obscenely so, but well above most Lebanese companies.
Cons
• Office politics, drama, and favoritism are the names of the game. Raises and bonuses are given based on how much the upper management likes you. Interesting projects are handed off to long-timers or favorites as opposed to the engineers best capable of completing them. • A meritocracy in name only: You'll see people with Anghami shares and salaries twice or thrice yours who contribute nothing to the company. You'll see people who screw up constantly but somehow still get five-figure bonuses while you get nothing. Hard work is not rewarded. • I'm lucky to have an excellent manager, but in most teams the seniors and leads are either exploitative and throw you under the bus when upper management comes yelling through, or outright hostile. • It takes HR/Finance/Legal days or even months to complete even the basic tasks. You'll be entered into Daman months later than when you should be. • There's much needless public shaming and hostility on the company-wide collaboration platform that Anghami uses, which is fun when you're not involved, but woe upon you if you are. Company morale decreases every time you do so. • Little to no accountability or process while working. Everything is done ad-hoc and haphazardly because no one has time to define a work structure or flow. This has been incredibly harmful to long-term productivity. • Some of the non-technical teams at Anghami are quite incompetent. Engineers quite often correct non-engineers at things that they should have done better, and rightly so.
3.0
12 Aug 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
It's one of the best scale ups to work at in the region. You'll learn a lot of relevant experience that you can carry on to any job. You'll meet a lot of like minded people. You'll make friends. Only work here if you're a junior and wish to get senior level experience. The technical experience you'll get is great. Compensation is also quite good for the region.
Cons
Bad management, ego maniac "leaders". They will only appreciate you if you can show off your work. No glory for the bug fixers, or behind-the-sceners. The more you brag about your accomplishments, the more management notices you. They're also cheap stakes. Ask anyone that works there about this, they will tell you their latest stunt. Overall culture is toxic, vis-a-vis management at least.
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