Pros
- Good salary for a junior - Pairing enforced - Ability to specialise in frontend/backend/devops - Personal development budget every year - Colleagues were fun - City centre dev office with free fruit and activities
Cons
- Corporate JLR not understanding or willing to implement agile - Corporate JLR inflicting corporate culture on a department which had a really positive, relaxed dev style - Product owners not listening to devs regarding technical debt - Product owners not listening to devs regarding premature rollout and go live - No ability to retain good staff due to promotion hierarchy - Pay rises were given regardless of work ethic or ability of staff - No senior code reviews unless requested - Constant political battles between senior management - Inappropriate comments made by male management regarding female staff despite trying to be pro gender inclusivity