Pros
Great conditions to allow you to focus on your job: free food (lots of it), good coffee, fun and laid back environment, some great people, flexibility for remote work and flexible working hours, lots of places for informal meetings, outside patio, and regular company parties. Online betting is actually a fun and interesting business to work in. Depending on role, a few trips to London, Dublin and/or Cluj might be included. If you are starting a career and are looking for a place to learn a thing or 2, this can be a good place. Just remember your growth is limited and you won't go past a certain level of accountability. Good for your first couple of career years ...
Cons
This company was originally bought by Betfair and is now part of the Paddy Power Betfair Group. Since the merger (Betfair with PP) that the company became a lot more hierarchical and formal. Loads of processes and middle managers, program managers, project managers, product managers... and more roles that stall any chance to make a difference. What used to be a very innovative, agile and fast company (that is how it got into the top 3 betting company in the UK and why it got merged with PP giant) is now a slow and over processual company. Also, while in the past the Porto office led innovation and had high ownership and accountability in the company's decisions, it is now just a near shore development center with cheap engineers that is expected to develop what people in Dublin says. Top management roles that were owned by Porto employees are now owned by people in the UK. All the past top managers left and most of the middle managers and senior engineers left as well. If you are looking for career growth and to have ownership on what you do, so don't go to Blip / Paddy Power Betfair.
