* CTO is technically and managerially incompetent (see Globys reviews).
* Lack of empowerment unless you count lip service.
* Lack of innovation.
* Top down management organization structure.
* Zero career growth opportunities.
* Zero accountability.
* Zero processes for getting stuff done.
* New tech stack is unfit for a SaaS platform.
* Engineers have quit on management.
Choice quotes from the engineering team:
* On speaking up: "The nail that sticks out gets the hammer."
* On politics: "For such a small place there sure is a lot of office politics."
* On having more team collaboration: "I am going to carve out a slice of the project for myself and I suggest you do the same."
* On addressing technical debt: "We are never going to address debt because the backlog will always contain higher priority items."
* On testing: "I don't believe in testing."
* On automation: "It's low priority."
* On work assignment: "I am not doing what I was hired to do."
* On general workflow: "It doesn't make any sense at all."
* On bugs: "Its job security."
* On CTO: "If you want him to get fired don't do any work."
* On checking-in bad code: "I checked it in to see if anyone would catch it."
* On team dysfunction: "It's a startup! It's suppose to be this dysfunctional!"
Bottom line, Tango Card Engineering is a passive aggressive organization and I would not recommend it to anyone that values leadership, accountability, innovation and excellence.
