Extremely awful experience, please avoid - Senior Software Engineer Rokt Employee Review

1.0
May 17, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- free lunch, playstation(wont get time to play), gko travel and accomodation(pretty luxurious) - one part of the engineering still seems to be doing well with a good environment

Cons

- very toxic management - cannot question back and have to accept decisions, solutions, architecture handed down from top level - have to take full blame for failure even though it happened because of the handed down decision - awful work life balance and then no reward or recognition - highly driven by fear and politics, management seems to be vengeful and vindictive - the platform is not self serve so there is not that many interesting problems of scale - seen too many smart people having the worst time even though they gave their all and eventually leaving - surveys are not anonymous and your response will have repercussions - not a very inclusive environment - have to constantly sell yourself and step over others or else you will get crushed

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We are sorry to hear that you didn’t enjoy your time with us, we are continually striving to improve as a business and please know we have taken all your feedback on board. We wish you all the best.

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Cons

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Pros

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Fast growth means things move quickly and priorities can shift. If you need a lot of structure or predictability, it can feel like a lot. Ambiguity is part of the job, and not everyone thrives in that environment.

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