Worst place I've ever worked
Worst place I've ever worked
Food used to be good.
Decent compensation for Amsterdam. Good office location. 29 days personal time off.
Politics - By far it's the worst place I've ever been. Managers promote people from their own countries. Due to this, a lot of managers and senior developers are very weak technically. Some do not even know basic computer science concepts.
Retaliation - In general, there are very few opportunities for employees to give feedback about their managers. If you give anything negative, your manager will hunt you down and make sure that you suffer. Some people even got a PIP for giving critical feedback.
Engineering culture - No proper design reviews, code reviews, or testing.
Performance management - Show ponies are promoted and workhorses are neglected.
Please remove this TL position and conduct a CS101 test for MSDs, senior developers, and principals.
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I had a short telephone intake with a recruiter. It was the second appointment, as he/she forgot the first one. Both the recruiter and the interviewers in the technical interview behaved rather arrogantly.
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The recruiter provided a lot of details and prepared me well for the interview. There were two technical interviews, each with two engineers, and a final interview with the recruiter. The technical interviews were conducted with pen and paper. One in
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I interviewed in November 2017. I applied through LinkedIn for their office in Amsterdam. A few days later, before I received any email reply, phone call, or anything to explain more about the company or the interview process, I received an automate
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Amsterdam, NetherlandsSeptember 1, 2019The recruiter provided a lot of details and prepared me well for the interview. There were two technical interviews, each with two engineers, and a final interview with the recruiter. The technical interviews were conducted with pen and paper. One in
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SwedenJune 2, 2019I interviewed in November 2017. I applied through LinkedIn for their office in Amsterdam. A few days later, before I received any email reply, phone call, or anything to explain more about the company or the interview process, I received an automate
