Deception Driven Development - werkgeversreview Senior Software Engineer bij TaskEasy

1,0
9 feb 2018
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- new building - good hardware for devs - stock options - easy for Jr. Devs to get foot in the door - opportunities for growth

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Sr. Software Developers, I feel a moral obligation to let you know what you will be getting yourself into when joining TaskEasy. The development team is very Jr. Level. Management wants it that way because they pride themselves on producing features that add value to clients with a discounted labor force. They also invest in a business/education partnership where students, not employees, get to work on the "cool" projects while employees wade through legacy code that is slowly destroying their souls. They are also actively working to outsource work to other countries to achieve the same goal. These can be good strategies for companies who are excellent at communication and mentorship. TaskEasy can't even effectively manage the Jr. Devs under their own roof though. The stack is in a pretty dismal state. This is actually one of the things that got me excited at the opportunity to join with TaskEasy. I saw an opportunity to help a company who was ready to take their company from startup to an enterprise-architecture. It became apparent very quickly that not only were they not working to address wildly expensive problems in their development process, they didn't even really see them as problems. The crippling technical debt is growing faster than they are paying it off. Sr. Developers who see the rocks ahead are trying to steer leadership in the right direction but leadership is full-steam ahead so Dev Managers and Sr. Devs are abandoning ship left and right. If you are a Sr. Developer ask a LOT of questions in your interviews to make sure you are ready to navigate the political battles alongside what you expect to be working on.

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8y
We appreciate the feedback. We do our best to be transparent during the interviews and prepare the candidates for the opportunities and possible barriers that lay ahead - it is not in our interest to deceive the talent we seek to recruit. Fast-paced market and rapid growth are some of the challenges that we need to overcome as a successful startup; that's why we look for talent that can be both adaptable and patient. As our company grows, the small-scale business and tech solutions have to be adjusted and sometimes replaced; however, with the increasing demand, it’s the matter of prioritizing and deciding what has to be done first. We ask all our employees to be patient during the company’s period of fast growth. We want to reassure you that our developers are aware of the challenges that lay ahead of them, and they plan and prepare accordingly. We grow and adapt fast - just recently we implemented changes in leadership and structure of our development team to be more productive and efficient. We are sorry, that the job didn’t live up to your expectations - being a developer in a startup is a challenging task, and we understand that some people will not be comfortable with the job.

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Great place to work, however when I worked there was prior to being bought, it could be different

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Thanks for sharing your experience!
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31 jul 2018
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This is a very unique company to work for - in the most positive way. Anyone here can make their presence known through shared discussions with all levels of management and take what they've learned and offer suggestions on how to improve anything from the actual product to the processes that help smooth internal communication/efforts. Overall I believe that the intent of the Senior Leadership team is to engage as many individuals as possible on various pressure points so that they can leverage the experts internally as valuable assets down the road - they WANT people to grow, shine, and become better versions of their professional selves because it's what will help the company. It's profoundly impactful to have the team recognize talent and learn how to coach individuals up to their full potential and into better/higher paying positions. The growth mindset is a philosophy that the management cares to execute on - and I'm not sure that it's found frequently in other fast growing companies.

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Sometimes the culture of empowerment here that allows people to express their ideas and frustrations openly becomes distorted and gives a false sense of entitlement where some believe that it is on them to share the feedback and it is the problem of others to provide a plan or recommendation to resolve whatever problem they come across. Some of the mid-level management can at times be unwilling to listen or look into certain issues posited by lower level positions and have somewhat of a negative attitude if they feel that their authority is being challenged. This is not frequent, but when it happens it's notable.

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7y
Thank you for your comments and constructive feedback. Swing by my office and let's chat over a cup of coffee about how we can continue to make TaskEasy a great place to work.
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