Was hopeful based on sales pitch, but have just been dissapointed - werkgeversreview Anonieme werknemer bij Lessen

4,0
15 jan 2022
Anonieme werknemer
Aanbevelen
Goedkeuring directeur
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Pluspunten

100% Employer paid health insurance, pet insurance, paid holidays (for those who arent working field operations), flexibility

Minpunten

Has become a place where upper management no longer cares or listens. Not shocking with fast growth, but just something thats changed since the beginning. Feedback is always negative regardless of what it is, even positive seems to be spinned or ignored. Promise of growth hasnt happened let alone discussed. Micromanaging has taken over for autonomy. Often will have double standards from upper management filtering down. Compensation has not grown as the job market has heated up. Will throw money at outside talent to attract them, but discussion about pay for current employees is a non-starter. Work/Life balance doesnt exist for the lower paid employees which causes frustrations. With job market favoring the applicant/employee, its too bad upper management doesnt value current employees enough to keep them happy. When they can throw money to attract those outside the company, losing more tenured staff isnt an issue and shows the culture that has started to take shape.

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Thanks for the accolades on our benefits. We just made some major investments in our overall package and added a 401k match! Sorry to hear that it’s not been a good experience for you in terms of career growth. We agree that people need to understand how they can progress within an organization. We hope that the new goal setting, performance management, and bonus/merit incentive plan we just rolled out will create opportunities for managers and employees to discuss career growth and ensure employees get financially rewarded for their hard work. Thank you for the feedback.

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Minpunten

The Agile process needs significant improvement. Collaboration between onshore and offshore QA teams can become challenging, especially when reported issues are frequently dismissed or invalidated without proper investigation. This creates an environment where team members may feel discouraged from raising legitimate concerns. On-shore QAs become “UAT Testers” as a result. Management involvement during demos can also feel counterproductive at times. Instead of proactively identifying and mitigating project risks earlier in the process (but they are not even involved in early discussions) , concerns are sometimes raised publicly during demos, which creates unnecessary pressure rather than constructive collaboration. There is also a noticeable emphasis on release timelines over overall testing confidence and product quality. In situations where testing risks are raised, they don’t receive sufficient consideration if release goals are prioritized. When issues occur after release, accountability tends to fall heavily on QA teams despite broader project and process factors contributing to the outcome. QA documentation standards did not always appear to be applied consistently across all levels of the organization. Some leadership-level QA contributors were able to provide minimal to no testing documentation while expecting more rigorous standards from other team members. Lastly, the recurring fear of layoffs created a culture where some employees felt pressured to prioritize visibility and management approval over open communication and constructive collaboration.

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