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Toxic Culture Leading to Poor Technology

Junior Developer
Current Employee
Has worked at Akuna Capital for 2 years
June 12, 2020
Chicago, Illinois
1.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative Outlook
Pros

Good compensation (though less than other similar companies) Free (mediocre) coffee

Cons

Rushed timelines on every project, leading to huge tech debt everywhere that's never fixed.

Poor management and incentives encourage hacking things together rather than thinking things through.

Toxic culture of firing people any time they make mistakes, even if they're set up to fail.

Tech management doesn't have a good understanding of the company's software and how it works.

Horrible work/life balance and no investment in improving developer productivity.

Offered incentives to employees for posting non-anonymous reviews.

Advice to Management

Stop firing so many people and really invest in employees and technology.

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