Top company - Software Architect Isabel Group Employee Review

* high level of autonomy in technical part of the work * there are still some good groups and individuals left * vacation days, FMB

The company has jumped aboard the ship of all the worst recent trends when it comes to company culture: steadily decreasing benefits, forcing return to the office, erasing flexibility, structurally pitting employees against each other, extinguishing diverging opinions, etc., all while being extremely dishonest about every element of it. Business vision seems to be be getting murkier as well, feels almost like the top management hopes to bide time with corporate catchphrases and keeping busy by busyness, until someone either magically stumbles onto the next cash cow idea or they get a chance to play busy somewhere else.

-good working atmosphere: relaxed, but professional -great colleagues and interdepartmental communication -flexibility in choosing your own tools and approach for new projects -the organization as a whole is very open to trying out new things -really good work-life balance -competitive salary -top-notch benefits (everything you could think of as common in IT firms, and then some) -investment in education and wellbeing can actually be felt (props to HR)

-priorities change often, and different stakeholders might pull you in different directions, especially noticeable on big concurrent projects -a culture of being prone to calls and meetings (in situations where a simple email would work instead) across all departments sometimes makes deep focused work very hard -underrepresentation of women and minorities, especially in tech and managerial positions; the ultimate cliché is the board of directors consisting entirely of white middle-aged men