Micromanagement at its peak - Senior Software Engineer Gainsight Employee Review

1.0
Apr 11, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Wednesday Lunches, Quarterly Gifts, Health Insurance, Good compensation, The good learning curve for beginners

Cons

- A lot of micromanagement. - Management is enforcing everyone to come to the office (no hybrid or WFH) option. - Managers expect you to be in the office for at least 9 hours. - No work-life balance. - Typical corporate environment / No open culture.

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Gainsight Response
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Feedback is a gift, Thank you for sharing your inputs and advice. I do want to clarify a few points, We are not forcing anyone to come to the office. In the future, we do plan to ask people to come to the office for a portion of each week -- so very much a hybrid option. I am also surprised to hear you say that there is no work-life balance. We go an extra mile to even provide monthly recharge days. Of course, each person's experience can be different so I respect your feelings.

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