Adyen

Almost everyone I met has been very kind and friendly. I get the feeling that the company is quite humane and cares about its employees, probably because of the type of people attracted by the culture that it has developed.

Examples include hiring and accommodating someone with disabilities, limited layoffs, allowing hybrid work, and being flexible with personal arrangements.

You can be given a lot of ownership right off the bat and freedom to figure things out or do the task well. This can be a negative for some people.

Especially as a junior, you learn a lot about payments and how a multinational global company can work.

While the organizational structure is not necessarily flat, it does not feel very hierarchical. In general, I feel respected and listened to by superiors.

Opportunities to go abroad.

The company seems generally flexible and comfortable with change. In the sense that often enough, processes and setups are evaluated to not be working properly anymore, and people seem to be open to and have the freedom to make the needed changes.

Free lunch/coffee bar.

It can feel very unclear how and where you can grow towards. It's not clear how you are evaluated, by what standards, and how you can grow. There is a concept of 'own your own growth,' but in practice, it can mean 'obtain wildly differing evaluations assessed through wildly differing standards depending on who your manager is.'

I think your experience can probably vary wildly depending on who your manager is. There are a lot of people in management roles (particularly those who get promoted from developer) that do not have any experience managing, and you might be at their mercy in terms of how competent or engaged they are as a manager.

While the company is open to change and dynamic, this can also mean that your team or sub-organization can go through many disrupting changes throughout your employment.

On the tech and operational side, there are quite some parts of the system that are far from industry standard or optimal and can therefore slow the development process down significantly.

All in all, I've had a great experience at this company.

The biggest drawback is the lack of processes, standards, and transparency when it comes to career growth and evaluations.

There are positive changes happening in this regard, so I hope management listens to the employees and continues trying to make the evaluation and career growth aspect more transparent and standardized.