Pros
- Good perks, though the company's getting much stingy recently, for example fruits disappear around 1630 in the afternoon - Some good people who really care about their colleagues, who I look up to from the bottom of my heart - One of the company that provides better compensation for core/mid-level devs in Amsterdam - Strong diversity within the tech department
Cons
- You need to be physically in the office from 10 to 17, your manager will lash out on you in your face if you don't. Of course WFH is not permitted by the company (though some managers still allow it). Even taking sick leave is stressful, because your manager will "discuss" your health situation the day after your absence, and claim it's not that serious enough to affect your daily work then threaten to give you bad review scores. - Toxic company culture, management bullying and retaliation is pretty common in the work place due to broken performance review process, where only the decision of your direct manager counts. So you'd better listen to them and do anything they want you to do, or you'll get screwed over your scores. - Promotions ultimately depend on your personal relationship of your direct manager and track manager. - Burnout is quite common in the company, yet management doesn't consider it a mental health issue so people continue to suffer from it. - The lack of proper manager trainings and good promotion reviews cause almost if not all the people problems in the company. Yet HR/People department and even C-level management doesn't care about this at all. - Tech innovations and best practices are not valued within the company. C-level management even states that "we are not a tech company" publicly in all-hands events.
