CodeAI reviews about "team"

Work life balance can be hard to achieve if you want to make a good impression.

CEO and executive team are very defensive, reactive, and do not believe in a culture of feedback. Explicitly denied the formation of employee resource groups (something I've never experienced at a company before). From my experience, only brought up core values as a way to defend decisions made after-the-fact. It felt like I should be afraid if I disagreed with executive leadership and that there could be retaliation if I were to speak up to leadership. CEO often interrupts product timelines or in-flight work with one-off projects that he personally has decided to roll out, with very little to no planning and short-timelines. I don't usually write these reviews, but have decided to do so as a warning. I absolutely would not recommend working here. If you are interviewing, try and ask as direct and specific questions as possible about leadership, company culture, and product decisions.

It's fast-paced, which isn't the norm for nonprofits. If you're looking for a lazy atmosphere this isn't the place for you.

Agile devotees may feel unwelcome or at least have an uphill battle, as we practice agile only in the loosest sense: We rarely pair, don't estimate consistently or define acceptance criteria, don't use scrum or kanban, have surprisingly long "stand-ups," and I barely notice when our sprints begin and end. The team is open to gradual change, but wary of formal process in general. We're a fairly small, flat team, spread across several large projects. This means lots of opportunity for personal growth and ownership, at the cost of often being isolated on a project. Mentorship does not come naturally to us yet (though it's available for those who seek it out) and those particularly motivated by the prospect of a promotion may be frustrated by our flat structure.