Pluspunten
Lots of fun events in the Ottawa office (hack days, team outings, borrel), nice people to work with. Small office allows you to get to know everyone. Great flexibility to work from home. Interesting products to work on. Salary is good compared to other places in Ottawa. I had a lot of opportunities for professional development during my time there and found it a good place to be for where I was in my career.
Minpunten
A lot of politics to navigate, particularly in the Hoofddorp office. Seems like a bit of an old boys club. In some parts of the Ottawa office there’s a resistance to ideas from anyone who hasn’t worked there for 10+ year/wasn’t there before the Irdeto acquisition. I think they could have promoted from within more. One of my colleagues commented that the best way to get a promotion is to leave the company and come back again in a few years. There’s probably a bit of truth to that. Probably the biggest drawback I observed is that there is a small group of people who are considered “superstars”. If you’re not in that group, the likelihood of having your ideas considered is very small.