Not worth the trouble - Front-End Developer Mentel Employee Review

1.0
25 May 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Close to metro station, abundant coffee and chocolate

Cons

Owners are terrible managers, developers need to log every 15 minutes of their time, not agile, unorganized project management resulting in unsatisfied clients, sloppy projects , minimal vacation and days off required by law, mostly newbie developers and team changes quite often, since they can't keep talented people.

Mentel Response
8y
Although this is one of the most negative reviews we’ve ever seen, we still thank you for taking the time to write it. Honestly, we’re surprised that you stayed here so long if you really thought that everything about the company was terrible. We do ask our developers to log their time, even if they only spend 15 minutes on something. We don’t find it ethical when people log an hour on something that only took 15 minutes. (our clients appreciate this about us:) We wish you luck in the future and hope that you find an employer that will give you everything that you clearly deserve!

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3.0
2 July 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Everyone's really nice, office is gorgeous, freedom to use whatever tool you desire, nicely stocked kitchen with free food, easy interviewing process

Cons

Lacking management, lacking communication, really easy to be let go

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Mentel Response
8y
Thank you for your compliments to the office and the people. We’re also glad that you enjoyed the food :) We’re definitely not perfect when it comes to testing candidates during our hiring process. Sometimes we take a chance on someone and on rare occasions, it doesn’t work out. We continue to improve on our testing process. We truly hope that you find your rhythm with your next employer.
4.0
21 Jan 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Food (at least until Thursday lol ), great coffee, fruits, cereal, yogurt - Staff is nice, friendly and open to help you - Location/office is great - Free Beer/wine (the beer is always great)

Cons

- Log the hours is really annoying - I wish they had better standards and a QA team - the dev has to talk to clients and usually, the dev doesn't have anyone to help with requirements

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