toxic, with some good people still present - Principal Software Engineer Machinify Employee Review

2.0
Feb 2, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

An interesting codebase, Scala as the main language, worked remotely.

Cons

Some VIPs are amazingly rude and unresponsive; talking to HR while trying to have a decent professional atmosphere lead to me being fired. But I encountered very decent people in the team, maintaining connections with them now. Production-wise, with a self-appointed guru with whom one cannot discuss things professionally, narrows your opportunities to make the code better and to produce your new code in a decent, modern style. One is supposed to just obey. My attempts to find common language just failed. Talking to the management was useless (they are probably as scared as the rest of the team). Now, the CEO. He's the ultimate god-like authority. And he treats you as if he's a general and you are a soldier, and he can send you to die. I don't think I ever met such a CEO; everyone keeps some decorum in all the companies I worked at; this one just treats you like a dirt.

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5.0
Jan 14, 2026
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Pros

Great leadership communication, nice benefit package, nice culture

Cons

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1.0
Jul 7, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Working from home, PTO, Insurance

Cons

I had such high hopes for this position and almost always met or exceeded my expectations but no matter what you do at this company it is never enough for them and it seems the better you do the more you are micromanaged and watched like a hawk. I have never done so well in a position but be made to feel so ignorant and like a failure as I have here. There is no praise for a job well done it is always what you need to do better. I have never in any job I have had in 25 years experienced the level of micromanagement as I have here it feels more like harassment than anything. The pay cannot ever be worth the stress and blow to your confidence this job provides. Want to cry at work, feel like an idiot constantly, have high blood pressure and worry about your physical and mental health constantly due to the stress? Fill out an application. I chose myself instead and hopefully you will too.

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