Pros: 1. Free food and a bit of free snacks. 2. Small library in the office.

Cons: One of the most toxic places to work. I joined Checkout without trusting the bad reviews on Glassdoor. I regretted it. Most of the managers I have seen are super toxic. The company has introduced "Operating Principles" which makes it easy for managers to insult and bully people. 1. Operating principle "Talk Straight": This OP allows any manager to insult any of their directs in the name of talking straight. The culture is the opposite of a no-blame culture. If you do anything wrong, you would be named and shamed. 2. Operating principle "Athletic mindset": This is a fake mindset of being athletic. The pace of actual delivery is actually much slower than it should be. It is because of too much focus on just shipping new features to sell instead of maintaining the current product. If anything breaks, then it's your fault. 3. People bloat up their story points. There is a lot of dirty politics in almost all of the teams. Promotions strictly happen based on who you are friends with. If you are not in the good books of the C-suite or directors, then you would not be promoted. 4. The company is doing really good financially, but they do not want to give any bonuses at all. The increments are much lower than the current inflation, even at good ratings. The Glassdoor ratings went as low as 3.1 in 2024. The CEO made a push to "improve" the ratings. Suddenly there was an influx of super positive "5-star" ratings, and the current Glassdoor rating is an unbelievable 4.1. I do not know how they managed to add so many 5-star reviews, where most of the people in the company rate the company super low in internal Peakon surveys. tldr: Sort the Glassdoor reviews from low to high. Trust the ones which are low rated. They are probably not fake reviews. They truly talk about what I experienced at Checkout.com. Trust them and stay away from the company.

Pros: - Breakfast and lunch offered. - Events are a big deal.

Cons: - Lack of diversity and inclusion in leadership. - High turnover in senior management leading to reshuffling of priorities and constant restructuring. This affects career progression and generally team morale. (The previous guy is always the wrong hire and made wrong decisions.) - Adamant with RTO policy enforced to have people in office despite CKO working well during Covid with WFH. - The Boys Club at the top gets to make the decisions and is clear of accountability. The culture of scapegoating is under the surface, hidden under the big words of operating principles, but very much there. - Generally more reactive than proactive when it comes to technical issues. - It's one of those places where if you're good at what you do, you get rewarded with more work and no recognition. - Performance review system is flawed with obvious preferences to certain teams, close to the The Boys Club. - Many, many teams and very often it looks like some of those teams exist only for the sake of it with no actual value. - Office politics is out of control; it's the only way to survive in this company. If you do not play this game or you're not a "yes-man", this is not the place to even consider.

Pros: Great opportunities for growth as long as you work hard for it. Contributions are well recognized. Overall, a very supportive and inclusive community.

Cons: Career development might be dependent on the team that you're working in; however, there are ways to navigate around it.