Remitly reviews

I worked here for a couple of years. My quarterly reviews and talk with management were great and very positive. All of a sudden, me and several other engineers in the company were given PIP's with wild "improvement" metrics (i.e. no feedback on code in 30 days) that are completely counter to what improvement means. We believe it was a way to "layoff" a percentage of the workforce without actually calling it a layoff for legal reasons. I saw an job listing go up for my position, offering a lower salary than what I was paid. It didn't feel great to see that. No matter what you are told, in the end this is just another business.

An obsession with operating lean. Every area of the business that I interacted with was understaffed. People had ambitious goals and the skills to accomplish them but initiatives were not properly funded. This led to burnout and unnecessary stress. Significant under investment in the data space. No company-wide data leadership and over dependency on leaders who had been with the company since the startup phase and were not seasoned enough to provide adequate thought leadership. Very poor planning and prioritization practices leading to way too much pressure on first line managers. Way too much focus on RTO and refusal to provide data driven support for why working in the office was important especially for engineers.