Good benefits and pay, but job security is shaky
Good benefits and pay, but job security is shaky
- Really good benefits depending on your geo.
- Stock bonuses have been issued every year I have been there.
- Alright culture.
- You get to work with really interesting technology, especially if you are in secret projects.
- Good pay if you negotiated your package.
- There are layoffs almost every year, and you lose a sense of job security.
- There is a lot of work pressure ever since enterprise competition started getting better.
- Work-life balance has gone to the pits, with some people now working 12-hour days and at times working with people across different geos.
- Be ready to deal with escalations from customers who sometimes don't know how to use the product or don't even understand its capabilities.
- Employee feedback sometimes feels like it's not taken seriously.
- Depending on your team, a lot of technology is proprietary, so you might find yourself being very good at one thing which might not be applicable to other organizations.
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Dublin, IrelandJanuary 1, 2025It was a bit hard initially. I had an assessment with two coding questions, and after a month, I had a final interview that lasted 3 hours. They asked a lot about my resume and some coding questions. The second half was about OOPs questions.
