Great people working on a meaningful problem - Software Engineer Remitly Employee Review

5.0
Mar 21, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Focused on solving a meaningful pain point - Tackling interesting problems - Encourage employee growth and improvement

Cons

The open office can be a cultural way to encourage people to talk to each other to solve problems immediately, but it is by its very nature far more distracting.

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Remitly Response
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Thanks for sharing your feedback! Glad you are tackling interesting problems (certainly no shortage of those :) and that you are growing and developing. I really appreciate the feedback on our open office as well. We love this layout for lots of reasons but also understand it can be distracting so we'll continue to invest in ways to make it soundproof, make sure we have the right density levels, and ensure there are also quiet rooms where folks can work when they need to focus. Really glad you're part of the team!

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Cons

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