Inadequate - Senior Software Engineer Ocado Technology Employee Review

1.0
Oct 4, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

It's like a kindergarden - everyone can follow their whims. No consequences

Cons

- Mediocre company - Lack of adequate management. Management now consists mostly of inexperienced people that are non-techincal (scrum masters). Severe lack of good management is either because most of them already quit and because, seemingly, out of desperation, they hired/promoted whoever they could. - For exapmle, technical champion of one of the offices was a person that was on the lowest position (SE1). This person later on became a team lead - Salaries are at 60% of the market at best for quite some time now, obsolete and no effort is made to update them - Not result-oriented. - Don't appreciate high achievements. - Top salaries are given to people that stay long enough in the company. - Outstanding achievements are as good as as mediocre achievements, so no need to try hard - How hard is the interview depends mostly on the people that interview you and their beliefs. - Bias towards older people - seemingly not preferred - A lot of teams were dissolved and moved to a different location without a warning - Company has "values" that are free to interpretation and interpreted as best served by the evaluator

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Ocado Technology Response
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Hi there, thank you for taking the time to share this feedback with us. Our policy is always to consider employees for promotion based on their achievements and their fit for the role. We are surprised by your comments on management and the promotions process but will take this feedback on board for future discussions. We would like to contest your suggestion of bias in recruitment. When we hire new team members, we make every effort to eliminate any bias from the process as we are firm believers in equal opportunity for everyone. We also always aim to create a consistent recruitment experience for each applicant. We appreciate your feedback on the company values. We truly believe that these values guide us to perform at the highest possible level across the organisation but we will consider your comments in future discussions about employee experience.

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