Dumpster Fire
Dumpster Fire
Most of the fellow devs are very smart and kind people.
Director level and up is a black box that provides no feedback.
- Everything is a priority so nothing is, which leads to bouncing around between projects and never finishing anything.
- Yearly layoffs mean nobody is comfortable.
- Offshoring most positions to cut costs.
- No promotion or raise plan in place.
- Very high attrition rate, so few people have legacy knowledge.
- Trying to work with global time zones makes productivity crawl.
- Insane amount of process-oriented overhead to accomplish even the smallest task.
- Leadership is completely checked out from engineering.
- Everything that made New Relic great is being systematically dismantled.
You work on a product that is for engineers, so maybe you should listen to your own engineers about what matters more often.
Remember that your employees are people and not just numbers on a paper used to meet your bonus criteria.
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New Relic Interview Experiences
Engineering Manager
Referred by an employee, so my first contact was with the hiring manager. I can't remember if it was 30 or 60 minutes, but it was your typical phone screen. Then, I spoke with a recruiter for about 30 minutes. I especially appreciated that the recru
SDE-2
I was told the interview would be DSA and problem solving. But instead, I got a vague question to design a system in an online editor. The interviewer would move back and forth on the requirements. Moreover, it seems the interviewer got the question
Solutions Architect
Details about the job profile, lab round where you need to create an app and present your solution to leaders. Once you are able to create your lab solution and work effectively in front of them, then there will be a final discussion.
Engineering Manager
Portland, Oregon, United StatesApril 1, 2020Referred by an employee, so my first contact was with the hiring manager. I can't remember if it was 30 or 60 minutes, but it was your typical phone screen. Then, I spoke with a recruiter for about 30 minutes. I especially appreciated that the recru
SDE-2
July 20, 2026I was told the interview would be DSA and problem solving. But instead, I got a vague question to design a system in an online editor. The interviewer would move back and forth on the requirements. Moreover, it seems the interviewer got the question
Solutions Architect
New Delhi, Delhi, IndiaOctober 1, 2021Details about the job profile, lab round where you need to create an app and present your solution to leaders. Once you are able to create your lab solution and work effectively in front of them, then there will be a final discussion.
