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Not for ambitious developers

Senior Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Oracle for 2 years
July 21, 2021
Barcelona, Catalonia
2.0
Doesn't Recommend
Pros

Remote work (probably forever).

Ability to do almost nothing without anyone noticing it.

Cons

Impossible to grow for senior developers. There was nothing I could do to grow. Even a direct question about it to a manager was left without a response.

As a result, when you ask for a salary raise, you need to "justify" it. Managers did nothing to keep me (and some other developers/testers) when they saw we were about to leave.

I have very big doubts about the quality and consequences in one of the projects. Many things there were done to achieve very short-term goals, sacrificing long-term goals. From a technology perspective, it was very easy development (so, it will not give anyone real benefits in a CV).

The culture is also broken (it can be different in other teams). Once I directly asked my team members not to share some information with management, but at the end, it was shared.

Management is not able to change many things that were asked by a team. Most of them came after sprint retrospectives. So, be prepared to stay alone with that.

Promotions from developers or QAs to managers looked very strange. Many team members were unsatisfied with people who were promoted and who weren't.

Advice to Management

Show your people that they are important; listen to them. Be ready to change many things if asked.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
4.0
Culture and Values
2.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
4.0
Career Opportunities
3.0
Compensation and Benefits
3.0
Senior Management
1.0

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