Join if you want to loose your sanity over people problems. - Software Engineer highlevel Employee Review

3.0
Aug 1, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

* PMs are great. * You feel heard as an engineer and have impact on the projects. * Yearly trips. * Coworkers are pretty cool * Work has real world impact * CEO sometimes makes videos about your features, kinda cool lol. * Customer calls even though pretty boring to attend you get real customer feedback.

Cons

* Bad Engineering Culture * "Tech Leads" aren't aware of basic engineering things like side effects, Design Patterns, even caching. * Code Reviews are power play, Changes with no benifits are pointed out leading to deliverables being late and making you feel pathetic * Engineering Leadership is pretty bad except staff engineers. * Politics has taken over engineering. * Politics over technical discussions, that's why the platform loads so slow. * In engineering we always try to avoid single point of failure but in our people systems we've added single point of failures, single person can slow down other people's deployments and task and make them feel bad for the entire sprit for no releasing.

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5.0
Jun 20, 2026
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Pros

One of the Best company to work really good environment and best in everyterms

Cons

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2.0
Jul 7, 2026
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Pros

The people are the best part of the company. The team is talented, supportive, and creates a genuinely positive, collaborative environment. The culture is young, energetic, and enjoyable to be part of, which makes the day-to-day experience much better.

Cons

They pay very little and expect a lot in return, especially when you're traveling to events. For a tech company, the compensation is well below what similar companies pay or the average pay. You often end up doing the work of multiple roles instead of the one you were hired for. Instead of recognizing this as understaffing, it's framed as a positive with comments like, "You rock, you're able to wear multiple hats." In reality, it often means taking on responsibilities that should belong to separate positions without additional compensation. Rather than hiring dedicated salespeople, the company expects everyone to sell at events regardless of their actual role. There is little to no sales training, and there is no additional compensation if you generate revenue, bring in affiliates, or create business opportunities. The company tends to hand out titles and praise instead of meaningful compensation. Increased responsibilities don't come with increased pay most of the time. There are also significant process issues that need improvement. Long-term employees don't seem to be rewarded for their loyalty or growth. In many cases, new hires or people brought in at higher levels receive better opportunities than those who have spent time trying to grow internally. And the new people coming in don't have the training or experience. Overall, the company operates with a very cost-conscious mindset, often at the expense of employees.

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