Pros: - Young and motivated coworkers, overall chill mentality, you can always count on them to discuss openly, solve disagreements and get honest feedback - Taking a step back to learn instead of just hard-working is actually encouraged - Very nice office. You can work fully remotely but you will still want to go to the office - Even as a beginner, nobody will look at you as if you're worth less or not capable, people will support you and quickly give you challenging tasks - Relocation package that includes human assistance and financial help for foreigners who want to relocate to Milan

Cons: - You might find yourself working overtime to respect a deadline, sometimes self-imposed. I personally feel a certain pressure to regularly show new results of my work

Pros: Probably my favourite thing about working in Bending Spoons is how interesting the actual work that you are doing is. Even as a very junior engineer, you are given the opportunity to work on many exciting projects, which in my case has helped me grow a lot and understand deeply what it takes to successfully build apps - a thing that I've always been passionate about. Furthermore, there is a strong culture of idea meritocracy, so your opinions are always heard and actions to improve the status quo are actually taken in a swift manner when they are identified. Another thing that I really appreciate is the environment full of cool, skilled and open-minded people. In fact, the open-mindedness is something that always reflects in any operations of the company, such as how it defines its business strategies or how it chooses to benefit its employees.

Cons: When I first joined, being surrounded by so many skilled people started a sort of impostor syndrome in me, but I got over it as I received a lot of support from my teammates and as I grew inside the company.

Pros: - Amazing pay and benefits. - Chance to work on a variety of good projects used by a large user base worldwide, therefore you can learn a lot. - Very good on CV.

Cons: The company knows how to promote itself very well, but this can mask some harsh realities. - The illusion of a "transparent" flat hierarchy masks a top-down culture. Leaders can make cuts even for high performers, even without knowing them, talking to them or consulting their actual team at all. - Sometimes, micromanagement. - High turnover rate, with someone joining or leaving every other week. - There's always the need to mask or justify your "mistakes" (even when they're not so), due to a hidden blaming culture. - The company doesn't seem to be suited for humble or shy people, since someone might take advantage of them or walk all over them. Assertiveness seems the key to navigate the company culture. - Management/leadership seems to be searching for very excited individuals: if you're not always like that, you might be misjudged. - In general, company leadership culture prioritizes money above anything else, and this negatively affects the employees, the products and the end users (having a healthy user base has never been a priority, as far as everything is legal and makes money).