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Not that organized. Junior project managers, unclear deadlines

Software Developer
Current Employee
Has worked at Dynatrace for 2 years
August 1, 2019
Barcelona, Catalonia
3.0
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros
  • Good salary.
  • Nice and interesting location.
  • Private medical insurance.
  • Multi-skilled people and teams.
  • Some courses and trainings were paid by the company.
  • People were friendly (in general).
  • "As little sugar as possible" policy.
  • Code quality is becoming a priority.
Cons
  • Junior project managers (lack of experience, people skills, decision power)
  • Unorganized projects, poorly documented projects and tasks
  • Unclear deadlines or poorly set (people had to work overtime in some cases)
  • Unclear or non-existent performance evaluations for employees (no evaluation criteria)
  • No (continuous) performance feedback from leadership (people just got news that they were not wanted and...)
  • Too much responsibility is put on the shoulders of a normal employee (developer, designer, QA, etc.) (a consequence of having junior-level managers in charge of important & big projects)
  • Too noisy inside the open-space office
  • Want a salary raise? Here, get a new & nice job title instead
  • Are you making too much noise because you did not understand something, or is there a problem with production? Someone (small and insignificant, usually) will disappear soon (this lab)...
Advice to Management
  • Management and leads should be evaluated, perhaps more often than a normal level employee.
  • Project managers and team leads seem unfit for the task and challenges.
  • Better and objective evaluations for employees.
  • Developers are trying to be managers and vice versa, and no one is doing a great job at it.
  • Get rid of “fake it until you make it” managers and leads.

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