If Only Pigeons Could Fly Faster Than Wi-Fi - Software Development Engineer (SDE) FlytBase Employee Review

We’ll admit—we chuckled at the pigeons analogy. Points for creativity. Behind the humor, though, there are real concerns that we take seriously: network reliability, communication friction, and clarity around priorities. Let’s address each directly. * On infrastructure: We agree—IT downtime shouldn’t be part of the work experience. Over the past few months, we’ve significantly upgraded our internal tools and connectivity across the office. But if you faced consistent issues, that’s on us. We’re continuing to invest in stability and speed—because teams can’t move fast if their systems don’t. * On communication and project clarity: In a fast-evolving company building deep tech, ambiguity is inevitable—but it shouldn’t be perpetual. If you ever felt unclear about direction or scope, that’s a signal we didn’t provide enough context. We’ll own that—and continue to improve how we share roadmaps, goals, and tradeoffs across the org. * On working hours and expectations: We don’t measure performance in office hours, and we certainly don’t glorify long ones. What we do ask for is momentum, ownership, and availability during key collaborative windows. If that translated to a rigid 9-to-9 experience for you, then we failed to reinforce our principles in action—and that’s something we’re actively working to fix. Thanks for surfacing these challenges. We appreciate the wit—and the honesty. Even tough feedback helps us improve. (And yes, we’re leaving the door open for pigeons… just in case.)