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Cons

Employees certainly get a great deal of responsibility and autonomy in their roles .... this can sometimes be at the detriment to the company. Some employees take advantage of this and get away with not doing a great deal of work that they are trusted to do.

The negative reviews I have seen on Glassdoor I feel are not true and are generally from staff members that have not been performing in their role. They get away with not performing well. The company's focus should be on hiring trusted individuals that do not take advantage of the level autonomy they are given.

A further Con would be that only employees that have been in the business a number of years are able to work from home - however I think if everyone was given ability to work from home productivity would be an all time low.

Cons

The positive reviews on here look like they have been added to try and add some goodness to this company but they are not very detailed and it is because there isn't much good stuff to say.

My entire team was all over the place and most have now left.

The way employees are spoken to especially on emails after presenting their work is horrible. I have never seen anything like this at a job.

Two of the senior girls who were there for a long time were just gone. People are just let go or leave with nothing said its like a ghost town.

Too much arrogance and not performing well.

Cons

Long hours- at a point where it affects your personal life.
Not organised
Management only seeking short term goal; not sustainable
System is slow and old
Self centered CEO - paintings everywhere in the office, laugh so loud in the room we can hear him from outside
Job title doesnt match responsibilty
No integrity
Favoritism; a lot of pleasers

Cons

Stand ups dont really work.
People treated like trash.
People blamed for things they didn't do.
HR is CEO's puppet.
Engineers always leaving (the good ones).
Too much backstabbing.
CEO obsessed with money and showing off. No one cares.

Cons

Egotistical, insecure and unpopular CEO. Is obsessed with wanting to be the centre of attention. CEO micromanages everything. Has been known to just walk away when caught doing the wrong thing or blocking staff out. Wont talk to staff for weeks if he is unhappy with them. Plays favourites and then turns. Management is just an epic failure. Makes a ridiculous excuse for the massive amount of people leaving - none have yet to be proven to be true. Is a boss but will never be a leader and not a team player.

Ridiculed on group emails.

There is no proper HR. BIG problem!!! HUGE.

CEO wants to employ girls he likes.

Prepare to have people played against each other and not knowing what's going on but lots of people talking about you behind your back.

All the negative reviews here are pretty much spot on and consistent.

Boys club. A very immature one at that. They have chat clubs unprofessional content in it. Never gets addressed when people complain.

Open plan office so everyone can see when there is something bad going on. Get your popcorn out.

Prepare to be yelled at, insulted, bullied, blamed for things that are not your fault or even your problem.

Code is a mess.

Good luck getting a pay rise.

Disorganised.

People leaving by the dozens.

One girl allegedly left because she was so upset by treatment.

People given big job titles randomly.

People promoted to positions because so many others leave yet dont know what their role is exactly. One minute youre not doing something the next minute youre supposed to be.

Lower salaries compared to other tech companies.

Abrupt and aggressive in nature but it hinders performance as opposed to excelling.

Different rules for different people.

One staff member working there was like a therapist having to look after other people who came crying or complaining to them about senior management.

It's all about revenue bc of sinking share price. People working in areas not excelling generally blamed for everything.

Cons

Software engineer role in product teams is abysmal. Move out of product team asap after onboard.

Cons

less salary and project were less

Cons

hope there's a systematic performance review system

Cons

Offer less responsibility to more junior staff members.

Free food throughout the entire day so I often over indulged at breakfast and lunch so my waistline had some complaints :-)

Cons

Disorganised management
High turnover
High stress