Talented people, but leadership culture demands loyalty over contribution - werkgeversreview Anonieme werknemer bij Safe Software

2,0
26 apr 2025
Anonieme werknemer
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Goedkeuring directeur
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Pluspunten

The company has a talented and thoughtful group of people across design, development, and product teams, and offers opportunities to work on meaningful and challenging projects. It can be a good place to gain experience early in your career if you navigate the internal politics carefully.

Minpunten

Career progression depends more on personal alignment with the CEO than on the quality of work or contributions. Although leadership publicly encourages open dialogue, disagreement is discouraged in practice and critical thinking is often quietly dismissed. The CEO maintains strong opinions across all departments and expects alignment rather than open debate. Employees who fall out of favor with the CEO or his close circle are often quietly laid off, even with strong performance, without an opportunity to say goodbye to their teams. Those individuals are typically required to sign severance agreements that prevent them from speaking openly about their experiences. As a result, a culture of fear and silence persists internally, while externally the company maintains a public image that no longer reflects its internal reality.

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7mo
Thank you for sharing your experience and feedback. We’re glad to hear you valued your fellow teammates and meaningful work within our teams. We’re sorry to learn that some aspects of your experience did not align with our culture of openness and respect we strive to maintain. Feedback like yours helps us continue to grow and ensure that every team member feels supported, heard, and empowered to contribute. We appreciate the time you spent with us and wish you all the best in your future career.

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3,0
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When I worked here, many people encouraged me to work less so that I would have a work life balance.

Minpunten

I had trouble finding mentors who could help me grow in the ways I wanted.

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4y
Hello, thanks for taking the time to put together a review of your Internship with Safe Software. We apologize for not being able to help connect you with subject matter experts on our team to meet and mentor you. This is something that we’re hoping to build into our Internship Program as we mature, grow and scale as an organization. Mentorship and work-life balance at work are really important to us, so if there are areas that students are keen to explore, just let your Team Lead or HR know! We’ll try our very best to make things happen.
3,0
20 apr 2026
Aanbevelen
Goedkeuring directeur
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Pluspunten

- Software development leadership is solid. They encourage new technology, and they’re improving processes and team connections. - If you work in the building full-time, the private offices are nice. If you’re hybrid, you can book an office. - IT and Facilities are responsive. - HR maintains a good balance between people and company. - Business outlook is positive.

Minpunten

- The underground parking lot design is awful. I park on the street. - The CEO has changed in the past few years. Newer employees (especially the CMO) take precedence over experienced staff. Morale is low because of this. - Marketing is siloed, way overstaffed, and have many management layers. The majority are largely inexperienced in our industry, cannot make decisions (everything depends on the CMO), and don’t understand the customer base. In spite of having a very large team, they hire contractors for jobs we should (and can) be doing ourselves.

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