Toxic workplace filled with politics - Director of Software Development Snipp Employee Review

1.0
6 Feb 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Supportive CTO who fostered a good environment for the devs, allowing them to learn new technologies and innovate - good benefits - used to be at a good location in the mall

Cons

Left the company because it was an extremely toxic environment. They were a sales driven company who built custom products for their clients but they claim to be a product company. This resulted in conflicts between engineering and project management that was exacerbated by tight delivery timelines. Upper management did not have any direction for the company and did not know how to unify the companies they acquired into one. There was so much politics it was impossible to get anything done. Leadership would say one thing to one department and say the opposite to another department, as we would find out from chatting with each other in the office. Teams across engineering refuse to collaborate or share knowledge or information even though they had a mandate to build a unified product. The CEO did not care about retaining their engineering talents as he compared their devs to drywall workers as if they were easily replaceable. It was a gong show and not somewhere I would ever recommend anyone to work at.

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5.0
2 Oct 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The Snipp folks are committed to success, are smart, friendly and all around good people to work for.

Cons

Could have more in person meetings to develop more camaraderie between teams.

3.0
15 Mar 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Nimble company with very excited CEO who is terrific at getting in front of the media and out on the road. He's also caring and tough. Very strong hires across the company. Interesting product, diverse locations, work-from home possibilities, goals well communicated.

Cons

A small company partly working from home and multiple continents can undermine a team mentality and staff naturally silos to their work group. Feedback loops are not consistently working. Technology needs updates, and is held static due to legacy employees. Employees are not encouraged to, even discouraged from, seeking mentorship or support within the company. These are challenges that are fixable.

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