Don't believe the hype
Don't believe the hype
- Fun international environment.
- Great end-of-year parties.
- Okay bonus scheme, if you qualify.
- Half-decent lunches, by Dutch standards.
- Developers get a certain amount of autonomy, depending on the team/system.
- Technical environment designed for Perl & Linux hackers.
- Disappointing base salary compared to other tech companies, for juniors and seniors.
- Developers, sysadmins, DBAs, and network admins kept segregated – be prepared to file lots of tickets in JIRA.
- The IT department in general, and sysadmins particularly, resist new technology.
- Lots of politics in some sections, and two-faced behavior from management.
- Dull and noisy office environment – some renovations have been done, but not enough.
- Bad allocation of hardware and developers – the company uses hindsight rather than foresight (strange when making so much money).
- Provide more than just bread and circuses. Parties are fine, but not everybody drinks alcohol.
- Increase base salary.
- Be more transparent. Lots of coworkers in many departments hear one message from management but see something different in reality.
- Put more effort into the office; it's still dull and grey.
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