Holiday Extras

3,0

29 sep 2017

Aanbevelen

Goedkeuring directeur

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Pluspunten

The people at Holiday Extras is what makes it awesome. During my time in the engineering team I met and worked with some great people. I got to attend conferences and learnt a lot. The work life balance is pretty decent too. Flexible hours and opportunities for remote working.

Minpunten

You'll have little say in the product you build which is why the website looks like it does. Despite having some really talented UXUI designers and developers, the output is pretty is poor. This is entirely due to the top-down nature from the CEO/CPO. He will override or cull almost all ideas, for example on one occasion after the team had spend weeks working on a design he sent a keynote with an extremely crude alternative and the instruction to "do that". Sadly, the only product/design people who do well in the company are those willing to say "yes sir" and not voice an opinion, despite having more expertise. The company claims to be agile but whilst they're bending to one person whim it never truly will be. From a career development perspective your options are also extremely limited. Effectively your only options are to suck it up and deal with the low wage and lack of progression or leave.

Reactie van Holiday Extras

Thank you for your feedback. We agree that our CEO is hands-on. We're a family run business and we work with a visionary and creative CEO who is willing to roll his sleeves up and work alongside the team to generate ideas and problem-solve. The open and collaborative environment means we encourage everyone to share their thinking regardless of role. This thinking comes from a good place and means there is a different lens on a piece of work. We also actively encourage teams to understand the rationale of their stakeholders by regularly meeting face to face, asking open questions, and understanding the why behind a request. By doing this we're all on the same page and can achieve the best outcome for our Customers. We don't always get it right (we're human) and we take feedback onboard. Thank you for sharing your experience and best of luck in your new role.

The progressive image is largely an illusion - werkgeversreview Software Engineer bij Holiday Extras

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