Couldn't Recommend at this Time
Couldn't Recommend at this Time
The company used to have some of the best engineers and line managers until more than 40 percent were cut.
There is tyrannical and ignorant executive leadership who can't be bothered to understand their business well enough to know how to lead it successfully. Minds change and reorgs happen far too frequently.
Direction to teams is poor to nonexistent. There is a clear interest in cutting costs by cutting staff and outsourcing.
Get rid of the CEO who doesn't understand how the infrastructure-as-a-service business works and who has a nasty demeanor. Then get rid of the CPO who's an incompetent yes-person with what appears to be no clear vision or strategy.
Then get rid of most of the other yes-people senior leadership and install competent leaders who are capable of understanding the headwinds to the business goals and being co-authors of the solutions.
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STAR (Situation, Task, Action, Result) style 1x1s with hiring manager, peer managers, HR business partner, and tech lead. The conversations I had were phenomenal. The people I interviewed were friendly and honest about the challenges they had.
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United KingdomDecember 1, 2021After applying I was contacted by a technical recruiter, who clearly set expectations for the process of interviewing and hiring, gathered my information and desires and did an initial screening fit for the role. From there I interviewed with the hi
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New York, New YorkNovember 1, 2017Initial screening was done by a Digital Ocean recruiter, follow-on interviews were done via Google Hangouts, and the final interviews were done on-site in New York City. The coordination and logistics for Google Hangout interviews as well as in-pers
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United StatesFebruary 1, 2019STAR (Situation, Task, Action, Result) style 1x1s with hiring manager, peer managers, HR business partner, and tech lead. The conversations I had were phenomenal. The people I interviewed were friendly and honest about the challenges they had.
