Good people, the worst leadership - Senior Software Engineer Aily Employee Review

1.0
21 Dec 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- People in the teams are nice and good to work with - The product has some nice challenges, both technically and product-wise - Work from home balance, flexibility - International culture with offices all around Europe - Company workshops 4 times a year (oktoberfest, Ibiza in summer…) if you like these things - AI department is the core of the company and works efficiently and independently

Cons

- Really poor work culture based on micromanagement - Cult to the leadership (specially the CEO) culture enforced during company workshops - Leadership (CEO and CTO) bypassing PMs, engineering managers and teams defining and estimating low level tasks on a weekly basis - Leadership breaking in in the middle of company sprint reviews and demos to harrass people, stop presentations to change the topic, change priorities and redefine the company goals with gandilocuent words that are far from the reality and their management - Middle management is good but they are not brave or experienced enough to stop leadership - The product is not a SaaS - Double technical debt: the product has two versions with two different architectures and tech stack; both in production for clients. None of them are future proof as they have a lot of operational cost when growing in festures and clients. This is a nice mid/long-term project of convergence that leadership is not able to execute correspondingly (they unilaterally estimated it in 100 days by the rule of thumb without anyone, not even management, knowing before presenting it)

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5.0
21 Aug 2025
Recommend
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Pros

- Amazing international team: smart, passionate go-getters, collaborative/willingness to help one another -Exciting innovative product to work on -Fast paced environment and ability to take ownership and shape the path forward (never a boring day) -overall good work life balance with occasional exceptions -strong representation of women in leadership roles (an uncommon trait in the AI sector)

Cons

-growing pains similar to any scale-up -time differences with international colleagues sometimes present challenges with work/life balance

4.0
4 June 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Bianca (CEO) - great vibes. She has a strong vision and significant network presence. Encourages one to take ownership in all things and bring ideas to the table. Company - (as a seller) Aily provides a lot of freedom to run one's desk, upskill, and collaborate however will help one accelerate closed logos best. There's a lot to be done (Series A!), but that just means your voice is heard on a wide variety of projects. If you're someone who enjoys weighing in on new/existing processes, messaging, personas, roadmaps, ICP, GTM strategy, product, etc. you'll enjoy your time here. A lot of opportunities. Every day offers something new!

Cons

There's a lot to be done (Series A!), but frankly - every single colleague is willing to hustle at the same level as Sales to get it done. It can of course get strenuous, but this is why an Entrepreneurial mindsets will succeed in this culture! #workhardplayhard

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