Enjoyable company if lucky, quite underpaid - Frontend Developer STRV Employee Review

3.0
1 Apr 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- The culture is great, the company is super young and people are really interesting and motivated to work - The engineer leads are amazing - There are good projects to work on - You are free to learn and use whatever you have learnt - The work-life-balance is amazing - Really nice offices in Karlín

Cons

- The CEO's communication skills are somewhere between horrible and none, he caused a lot of turmoil multiple times inside the company because he can't communicate company decisions properly - You might land on boring projects and moving to others is not easy as sometimes there is no one else to do it and it might depend on whether your manager likes you - The pay is quite low compared to other competitors, startups, and agencies (I would say about 10-20% less) In my case, 50% less than my next job. - There is only 1 career path in engineering and if you don't fulfil conditions you won't be able to advance - Poor HR/Finance departments act in their own interests and will not try to help you or get to a win-win point. - Low to no raises even if the company is doing great - Employee turnover is HUGE - You don't want to know how much their clients pay for you and how that compares with your actual salary

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STRV Response
4y
Hi! Thank you for the kind words and the constructive feedback. Having been here for 3+ years, you no doubt know that we're constantly looking for ways to be better. Regarding the pay, perhaps you weren't here at the end of 2021, when we introduced profit sharing throughout the entire company — which increases the pay of everyone at STRV by about 10–20%, and which we'll be doing every year that we hit our goals. Culture is incredibly important to all of us and we will never take the great people we have for granted. There are improvements in the works to make sure we do the changes following COVID, and the changes that naturally come with time, justice. To be honest, our "bar with beer" is far from being at the top of our mind. We've introduced new ways to gather feedback from everyone here, we're rethinking our office spaces, our benefits and everything in-between, and all we want is vocal people like you to tell us what can be better. As for turnover, "huge" might be pushing it a bit. People thrive when facing new challenges, especially nowadays — with the amount of opportunities around — and at the age of the majority of our people. It's the norm in our industry. However, we have plenty of people who've been here for 5, 7, 10+ years, and that's pretty great. And to your CEO points: We all do the best we can with the qualities we have, and there's a lot more to any job than communication. Lubo does his best to be transparent and open — that's one thing we're sure of. But we hear you. You absolutely have a right to this opinion, it's clear that you're coming from a reasonable (and not angry) place and we'll pass it along. Thank you again for the feedback. Hope you're doing well, wherever you are!

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5.0
13 June 2024
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Pros

Lots of perks and you meet some really cool people from all corners of the world.

Cons

Communication is the only thing I can think of

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STRV Response
1y
Thanks for appreciating our international team! Happy that you had a chance to meet peeps from all around the globe and make some meaningful connections. Also, we’re sorry to hear something was missing regarding communication. Feel free to slide into our DMs and let us know what did you lack. Every input is appreciated.
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Pros

Pretty sweet office in Czezhia. Hope you like to commute

Cons

CEO, Lubo Smid. Bozzo Smid or Lubo Schmuck would be more appropriate. Love to workout. Thinks he’s an athlete.

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