Was once the best place to work
Was once the best place to work
Remote-first, great benefits, awesome leads and engineers, interesting products.
Automattic used to be the gold star for remote work and company culture, but now it's a culture of fear, instability, and distrust. Leadership blames ICs and team leads for what is really a lack of solid leadership and vision from the top.
ICs and team leads are tasked with driving profit, but are not empowered to make the changes necessary to do so. Matt-bombs destroy promising efforts that could lead to drastic improvements of a8c products, and whatever morale is left is quickly snuffed out by Matt-meltdowns, both publicly and privately.
The CEO should step down and hire someone else to do his role. I think he's lost his way.
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Senior Software Engineer
The interview process was impressively inclusive, devoid of video interviews, but it's notably lengthy at two months from initial contact to offer. The paid trial, at $25/hour, might not be suitable for everyone, particularly those currently employe
Site Reliability Engineer
The interviewer was very friendly and patient. The interview lasted about 30 minutes. We discussed what working there would be like, what to expect in the role, next stages in the interview, and other items.
Senior Backend Software Engineer
One day after applying, I already received an invitation to Slack. They created a group for me and a few evaluators/observers. After a great introduction, they asked me about the best date within the next few days to do a technical test. A few days
Senior Software Engineer
United States Air Force Acad, Colorado, United StatesOctober 29, 2023The interview process was impressively inclusive, devoid of video interviews, but it's notably lengthy at two months from initial contact to offer. The paid trial, at $25/hour, might not be suitable for everyone, particularly those currently employe
Site Reliability Engineer
Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, NigeriaMay 1, 2023The interviewer was very friendly and patient. The interview lasted about 30 minutes. We discussed what working there would be like, what to expect in the role, next stages in the interview, and other items.
Senior Backend Software Engineer
SpainDecember 1, 2021One day after applying, I already received an invitation to Slack. They created a group for me and a few evaluators/observers. After a great introduction, they asked me about the best date within the next few days to do a technical test. A few days
