Used to Be a Great Place, Now Feels Like Working in Chaos
Pros
• Polite, humble, and experienced long-tenured engineers (4+ years) who are great to collaborate with. • The company is making efforts toward modernisation and innovation, including early steps in AI initiatives. • Average-to-competitive pay with decent overall benefits. • Perks such as free lunch, metro feeder service, and quarterly team lunches.
Cons
• Management often sets unrealistic deadlines, and in the name of “innovation” tries to push too many features without fully considering long-term reliability or system impact. • Frequent late-night meetings due to leadership and key decision-makers operating in the PST time zone. • Work-life balance is inconsistent across teams, and in many cases largely absent due to shifting priorities and urgent asks. • Upper-level management changes priorities abruptly, leading to constant context switching and movement of engineers between teams. • Operational cost-cutting leads to the adoption of cheaper tools, which can be difficult to use, poorly integrated, and slow down productivity. • Lack of stable long-term direction, as rapid changes in strategy often overshadow thoughtful planning and execution.
