NEVER EVER WORK HERE - Software Engineer AdsGency AI Employee Review

1.0
29 July 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

No pros other than feeling sympathetic towards other teammates

Cons

Where do I start - For starters, NO COMPENSATION AT ALL. Promises of sponsorship but highly doubtful I joined Adsgency AI for a trial period and quickly experienced one of the most disorganized, unprofessional environments I’ve encountered in my career. Within a single week, I was expected to deliver 20–30 pull requests per day on a completely unfamiliar codebase(which btw is a huge mess. the people that wrote have all left) with zero onboarding support. When I explained that I was taking time to understand the system to make meaningful contributions, I was met with disrespect and pushback. I was repeatedly messaged late at night (9–11 PM), called without notice, and expected to be online around the clock. Personal boundaries were disregarded, and there was a clear lack of basic people skills or empathy. Despite working full days, contributing code, and fixing multiple issues, I was asked to “prove” I had worked by sending local commit history and zipping files—just to get paid for time I had already spent. Instead of being treated as a collaborator, I was treated with suspicion and micromanaged from day one. If you value your time, self-respect, or mental health, I recommend avoiding this company. The culture is toxic, the expectations are unrealistic, and the leadership lacks the professionalism required to build a functional team—let alone a scalable business.

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5.0
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Pros

The company is growing rapidly and you can learn a lot. Good culture.

Cons

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1.0
10 Feb 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Fully remote work, limited AI involvement.

Cons

This has been one of the most unprofessional experiences of my career for several reasons: Severe Payment Issues: Do not expect to get paid on time, or at all. I am still owed my last month’s salary, and despite countless emails to the CEO, I’ve been completely ghosted. This seems to be a recurring theme as the tech team has become a ghost town—most channels are inactive. Toxic "Always-On" Culture: There are no boundaries here. Expect to be pinged late at night on a regular basis. If you don't reply immediately, you'll be met with a barrage of follow-up messages. It’s micro-management at its worst. Unrealistic Expectations: The CEO lacks a basic understanding of software engineering. I was being assigned heavy tasks on my third day before my local dev environment was even fully ready. You’ll hear things like "this should only take 3 hours" for complex changes, with no regard for technical reality or quality. Brain Drain: The company seems to be hollowing out. Most of the technical team is gone or inactive, and after seeing other reviews online, it’s clear this is a deep-rooted pattern of management failure.

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