Think twice before you join, Bad work culture, Too much politics - Software Engineer Adchemy Employee Review

1.0
18 Apr 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Lunch 4 days a week Breakfast on Wed, snacks Salary is competitve Good idea has funding, even though they never made any profit even after 7 years

Cons

Too many politics - you need to nod your head to upper level manager/directors. If you disagree(even for differences in design approaches) then they take it personally and will try to get you out - most of them are fired For a 130 people company about half of them are directors/managers, who never code or contribute anything except micromanaging and adding road blocks They say it is a start-up company - but lack the culture, there is power-politics between product management and engineering Most smart people are leaving or fired for false blame

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5.0
3 June 2016
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Pros

Super smart people, hard problems, great vision. Great culture and values that the people believed in.

Cons

Execution and managerial ability. Focus - ended up working on too many things.

5.0
1 May 2013
Recommend
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Pros

My overall experience at Adchemy has been very good so far. The hiring process was swift and smooth. I met with a good number of people, including the CEO. They were very friendly and excited about what Adchemy was doing. My hiring manager did a great job in addressing my concerns and gave candid answers to all of my questions and concerns. The offer was fairly competitive. I am a member of the research group. It is a small sized dynamic team with some very smart folks from the top universities. It has been an excellent learning experience so far. I have had an opportunity to make some core contributions in the project I am working on, in a relatively short time. There is ample freedom to experiment with any idea and implementation for the problems I have been working on. I have worked with a good number of people in research, engineering, and PM; I have made some good friends at work. And yes, free lunch from Monday-Thursday, happy hour on Friday, table tennis, x-box, movie nights, etc. :)

Cons

Some senior employees left since I joined; we are not yet profitable (though we have good funding).

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