Recent Changes in Engineering - Unbearable - Engineering SiteMinder Employee Review

2.0
24 Sept 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Friendly co workers, free breakfast, fruits, friday beer, nice office views, pool table, ping pong table, laptops for engineering staff.

Cons

Unbearable micromanagement from recent hires at engineering. Every branch, push, pull request, and even comments are being scrutinized with little constructive feedback. People are being encouraged to find fault in other people's code. A strict development process that adds little value is being enforced without room for compromise. Role of testers is being down played. Developer productivity and morale have dropped significantly.

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SiteMinder Response
8y
Thank you for your feedback. We are very sorry to hear you had a negative experience with us. At Siteminder we are working to build a world class engineering team based of the right mix of freedom and responsibility. We know we're not going to get it right 100% of the time but this type of feedback will help us as we scale and grow to be better. Code reviews are a core component of our strategy, together with an improved hiring and feedback process, agile transformation and a strong shift towards automation in testing. We are sincerely saddened that you have decided not to be part of our journey and will review your feedback to improve our internal communication processes.

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Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We're pleased to hear that you appreciated the autonomy and benefits offered at SiteMinder. At the same time, we're sorry to learn that your experience with leadership and support during onboarding did not meet your expectations. We'd appreciate the opportunity to better understand your experience and learn how we can improve. If you're open to sharing more details, please feel free to contact me confidentially at liza.capogrosso@siteminder.com Your feedback is valuable and helps us continue improving the experience of our employees. Thank you again, and we wish you all the best in your future endeavors.
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