Don't believe the negative review - Software Developer Storable Employee Review

4.0
Jan 22, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

SpareFoot is a terrible place to work and nobody in their right mind should ever consider working there. Well this is what I got reading the last negative review from a "former employee" of SpareFoot. I think this is all BS and from a frustrated employee. I was at SpareFoot as the company went from 6 developers to 35 so I have seen lots of changes over the years. Like any other startup in early stage SpareFoot acquired a fair amount of technology debt and have been paying off a very big chuck of it over the last year or so. SpareFoot took the right approach of migrating from a monolithic app to a micro-service infrastructure. That involved a fair amount of changes and it was a very stable environment but the changes were communicated regularly and the website never went down for more that 15 minutes, that's not what I call chaos. SpareFoot will treat its developers like adults, so they will trust that you will do whatever you are required to be successful. They will expect you to have an undestranding of the overall architecture superior to what you would be required as most other software shops in town. As a developer this gives you more tools to grow in your career and realistically, SpareFoot is just ahead of the curve and most web business will be following many of the same practices over the next years. You just have to go to technical conferences (that SpareFoot will pay for) to see that. Nothing is perfect but you will find that the developers, for the most part, are genuinely nice people and that they will help you beyond the scope of their own work. If you have an opinion you will get management actually listen to you. SpareFoot truly lives by its core values and I am pretty impressed how they managed to onboard so many people without losing too much of it.Nobody is required to work weekends and you can have a real work-life balance.

Cons

Some of the developers are not carrying their own weight. The desks are really small and expect close proximity with your peers, it may prevent some people to perform well. Sometimes I wished we would have been more mature, like at the Startup games.

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Cons

Significant decline in overall team experience after leadership transition Director stepped into the role without direct experience in the function, leading to gaps in effective management Leadership initially presented as supportive, but this did not reflect long-term behavior or management style Constant and frequent changes to priorities, expectations, and processes, creating instability and lack of structure Efforts to remain adaptable, positive, and supportive during ongoing changes felt taken advantage of rather than recognized Inconsistent and contradictory feedback — verbal feedback was consistently positive, while written documentation did not align Lack of clarity around performance expectations, making it difficult to understand what success looked like Noticeable shift in management behavior and communication over time, particularly toward the end of tenure Concerns around being managed out rather than being supported or developed Attempt to initiate a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) that broadly covered the entire scope of responsibilities, rather than specific, actionable areas for improvement Misalignment between day-to-day performance feedback and formal performance concerns raised Perceived favoritism toward newer team members, specifically white male employees Observed comments and behaviors that felt culturally insensitive, particularly in reference to offshore (India-based) team members, creating concerns around inclusivity and respect Overall lack of transparency, consistency, and equitable treatment in performance management

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