Personally, the main reason I stayed at this company was because of the benefits of working remotely
Personally, the main reason I stayed at this company was because of the benefits of working remotely
- Flexibility of working remotely
- Everyone outside of the leadership team has been amazing—friendly, respectful, intelligent, dedicated, passionate, and truly talented. Honestly.
The leadership team has no idea what they're doing; there's never a clear direction or company roadmap. Despite many people actively and earnestly raising concerns multiple times, nothing has come of it.
With the current capabilities of the leadership team and the size of the projects, the company feels like an overextended small-to-medium business.
The layoffs were cold and inhumane — which would be alright if the company hadn't consistently promoted values like kindness, respect, and transparency, or kept emphasizing that Automattic has your back and that you can treat this place as your home.
It would help to actually listen to the thoughts and feedback of both employees and the community.
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I went through the first interview, which was text-based and took place on Slack. I'm all in for async communication, but found it really weird. I had no clue whether the interviewer had read or understood everything I wrote. On multiple instances, I
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Longer than expected. It's an interesting challenge. I can't decide if this is an approach that is valuable for ICs and something I would want to participate in again. I see the value in it, though, at least for a remote org.
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Call with HR. Invited to the Slack group where the technical test is shared. Needs to work on the test based on their instructions and commit it to their GitHub.
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BrazilMarch 1, 2022I went through the first interview, which was text-based and took place on Slack. I'm all in for async communication, but found it really weird. I had no clue whether the interviewer had read or understood everything I wrote. On multiple instances, I
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Michigan Center, Michigan, United StatesJanuary 1, 2021Longer than expected. It's an interesting challenge. I can't decide if this is an approach that is valuable for ICs and something I would want to participate in again. I see the value in it, though, at least for a remote org.
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IndonesiaApril 16, 2024Call with HR. Invited to the Slack group where the technical test is shared. Needs to work on the test based on their instructions and commit it to their GitHub.
