Cost cutting culture with limited investment in people - Anonymous employee Norstella Employee Review

2.0
Nov 26, 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- many teams have smart, well-intentioned coworkers who genuinely want to do good work - flexible work environment depending on the team - products serve a real need in the market

Cons

- heavy emphasis on cost-cutting and offshoring, often at the expense of talent quality, product velocity, and long-term capability - engineering staff is treated as a cost center and almost all of the individual contributors are based offshore - compensation and benefits are noticeably below market and continue to lag behind peers in the industry (especially in Tech) - morale suffers due to unclear direction and inconsistent investment in teams

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Cons

Being remote has its difficulties, but overcomable

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