Toxic culture - Software Engineer Spreetail Employee Review

2.0
Nov 22, 2021
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Pros

I think there are a lot of people at Spreetail who are brilliant and who are trying really hard to make it the sort of place Spreetail advertises to every one it is. There are people who care for each other and some teams are exceptional at having each other's back.

Cons

There are also toxic people at Spreetail and the toxic people often win at the end of the day. Why? Because they deliver the numbers. They will bully and push people on their team if they believe it will advance them. The upper leadership only cares about complaints when it starts to affect the bottom line. A toxic leader is treated with kid gloves. I had a team leader who was toxic and would constantly butt heads with his micro-managing style. We let the upper-leadership know. Did they care? No. At least not until almost our entire team resigned at once. The tech organization is highly dysfunctional and way too myopic. There isn't any real care about letting people be professionals and do their job. Instead, VPs stick their necks in the door and often ask questions about things that are not supposed to be within their scope. It creates an environment where decisions are made out of fear instead of expertise.

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Pros

Fun atmosphere, good benefits, flexible schedule with full time remote option.

Cons

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2.0
Jun 1, 2026
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Pros

They are good at hiring many different terrific people.

Cons

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