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Toxic SRE culture, incompetent management - avoid at all costs

Senior SRE Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Bolt for 2 years
February 21, 2026
Tallinn
1.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

You can put it on your CV… that's about it.

Cons

SRE management are incompetent. They are literally technically and morally useless, but they all look after each other like a boys' club.

Bolt has a toxic, high-performance culture and frequently uses PIPs to get rid of people whom they don't like. We're talking about perfectly good engineers.

Each subteam has an a-hole staff level who keeps all info to themselves and hampers the onboarding of new members.

They used the IPO carrot on a stick to get people to join.

Then, instead of doing layoffs, they decided to postpone their IPO and implement RTO on top of their PIP process to push people out.

If you value your mental health, avoid this place.

If you're on an employee-sponsored residency permit, be very careful. I've seen people strung along during their probation period and dropped at the last minute.

Advice to Management

Resign.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
1.0
Culture and Values
1.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
1.0
Career Opportunities
2.0
Compensation and Benefits
3.0
Senior Management
1.0

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