Pluspunten
- The technology itself is incredible. The tech team as a whole have developed a product and platform that is truly pioneering over many years and when deployed on a project where it “goes right”, it has significant benefit to the client and industry. - There was a fantastic group of people who worked for XYZ with a lot of fun, personality and ambition, so it was enjoyable to be on that journey together. - Christmas break doesn’t get taken out of holiday allowance which is good (25 days). Private medical insurance for UK employees. 5 paid sick days per year. Free lunch in the office every couple of weeks... Nando’s, Wagamamas etc. Flexible, hybrid working arrangements available to most. - Good racial/nationality diversity across teams (but limited in gender, sexuality and age) - They hold regular in person Q&A’s where you can submit anonymous questions and they’ll answer them all there and then
Minpunten
- Redundancy rounds in June 2022, August 2023, November 2024, May 2025, October 2025. They have haemorrhaged money as well as incredible talent and incredible people during this time whilst completely ruining the company culture and vision. Irreparable now. The trust has gone. - Redundancies usually come a short time after an All Hands meeting where they have been bigging up how well the company is doing and how revenue is at record levels. And then boom, 19 more people are gone overnight (tactical number). There is no warning, it comes completely out of the blue every time and this can leave you in financial difficulty if you are not prepared when you’re next on the chopping board. Always be prepared. Have a safety net, and keep your CV up to date. - “Scrappy start up” excuse / mentality, after 8 years in business! It comes down to either laziness or incompetence, or both, at this point. - Have scrapped a large portion of the sales and pipeline team in the last two rounds of redundancies, they are desperate for revenue yet have got rid of the people generating it. - Product is massively overpriced meaning it is not an easy sell even if it has value. Other solutions in the market are further advanced in AI/ML aspects and half the price. Being/been overtaken very quickly. Not revenue team’s fault if you’ve packaged it at an unsaleable price point. - Some team members, including some leadership/senior staff, can speak to others in a very derogatory way if they don’t like something. Can be toxic (this is a very small number of people but they are aware of this issue and it doesn’t change) - Timescales and roadmaps are usually unachievable and either get canned or cause significant issues internally and externally. - Whether you’ll ever get a promotion or pay rise is usually dependent on which team you work in or who your manager is, not what you do - Poor employer pension contributions (3%) - Have been trying and failing to get Series B funding for years. It’s not coming. No matter how many costs/employees they cut to try and get there. They must’ve met with every investor out there by now. - Salaries have not stayed competitive with rest of market as they don’t have the funds. But yet as others have mentioned, no expense is spared on trips to Cannes, Vegas etc for leadership/sales teams events. - The stress of working for this company severely affected my mental health