Listen to your engineers - Software Engineer atfinity Employee Review

1.0
8 Dec 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Impressive rhetoric skills of the management - Nice office with good coffee

Cons

The management seems to strongly believe in productivity through pressure and micromanagement. Engineers are forced to work quickly, and will consequently introduce numerous bugs for which they need to account later. The engineering team is kept in the dark about the financial state of the company. I have never heard any numbers on costs, revenue, investment, ... I have no idea where money comes from. The team gets updates about some business developments but I suspect that they are heavily filtered, since they're usually very positive. In my opinion the management does not know how to handle negative feedback. There are feedback sessions but no action in the interest of the employee is taken. Even more disturbing, expressing criticism or suggesting improvements to the management is often like shooting yourself in the foot. It might be used against you, as a sign that you're not fully committed. Even after periods of many engineers resigning, nothing fundamentally changed.

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atfinity Response
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Thanks you for taking the time to review atfinity! We are glad you have been with us for over a year. You mentioned some serious improvement points and we like to think we improved on those a lot since you left (We improved management structure to better distribute workloads and give management more piece of mind and consequently more time to act on feedback). Numbers on cost are always a critical point, as most of them a confidential. On the other hand, our investment rounds are less confidential and can be shared with employees under NDAs. If you are still interested, glad to give you a confidential glimpse over coffee if you find the time :)All the best, wherever you are!

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