Pros
- Attempts being made to improve benefits on offer. - Recent improvements to work-life balance like flexible working hours. - C++ can now be used within the company's application as opposed to a proprietary language. - Product managers employed in the last year or so, so teams are more structured. - Line managers for developers are great to work with, especially Phil and Rob who always make time to help even when they have a lot on their plates. - Nice people and fun events.
Cons
- As a dev, you will mainly be working with eflow's bespoke application, PATH, which is not as transferable as other tech stacks. - Training was not structured (at least when I joined) and mostly a case of being dropped into the deep end. - CPO creates a hostile work environment, and all of management know this but won't do anything about it because she's the Founder. Many past employees have left because of her. - General lack of trust and empathy from senior management, especially the CEO, surrounding sick days and working from home. I think this has potentially improved now that line managers deal with this side of things, but can't say for sure. - 21 days annual leave. Additional bank holidays like the Queen's funeral and King's Coronation weren't given - we had to use annual leave to take these days off. - PATH was built many years ago and the CPO still has a tight grip on it, resulting in a very outdated application with technical debt.