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You will regret it in a few months of joining

Engineering Manager
Former Employee
Worked at Checkout.com for less than 1 year
October 4, 2022
1.0
Pros

Some smart and cool people to work with… a nice office.

Cons

Lots of politics and lies are around. As a manager, you are asked to tell your team member rather to lie, even though you know the reasoning behind most decisions. They just fired around 100 people and said "bla bla," while it was purely because of performance issues, at least in the engineering department. Expenses are being cut; there's no travel unless urgent or business-critical (which none is critical according to management). There are no learning days because it's "delivery, delivery, delivery." The interview process is long for this job, so lots of candidates either give up in between or reject after being offered. As a manager, you will be a middleman who has no voice or no power. Someone else will make decisions, and you, as a "yes man," should obey. They are cutting costs, so no promotions or pay rises if I am honest with you. Working in the office is the next joke. Providing a pound sandwich is not good enough to encourage people to come to the office. There are no social events. To be honest, it's toxic, but you will get used to it. If the financial situation at the moment was not the case, I would change my job soon (and will do it anyway). It was fun; not any more. Read other people's comments and judge. I know they will reply to this comment with some nice words, but it doesn't matter.

Advice to Management

Stop acting as if you care when you don't.

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