Pros: The team seems focused in delivering good software. There's a lot of tools and support available to produce good software. The developer experience was great. Met a lot of good people, very smart. The interview process was excellent! Empathetic people all the way. The business is very interesting and it seems to have a bright future.

Cons: First, after going through the on-boarding weeks and handling a few small features, I am told by my manager that I should be fixing bugs and providing support (firefighting). This pretty much occupied the time that I spent in this company during the trial period (3 months). I did as I was told. Handled plenty of tickets raised by the support team and learned along the way. Then I am told that my trial period is going to be extended. I get told by my manager that technically there are no doubts about my competency, but they still want to see me in a project working with other team members to see how it would go. Then I need to sign a document so that the trial period is extended. This was very weird, it was not my fault, but I agreed to sign the document nevertheless. Meanwhile, I am bullied by two team members and before talking to my manager I expressed my concerns to them politely and constructively. This is not well seen by my manager and is used as an excuse later on to end my trial. I am also told by my manager that during my firefighting weeks that I could pick other things to context switch a little so that I don't end up tired of providing support and fixing bugs. I always remained firefighting though. Then the firefighting period ends, I am picking other tasks, but then more than 10 support tickets pop up in our board. Next week, I get blamed that I should have responded to them and I get terminated the week after. Another thing used as a reason to terminate me: during the week that I didn't respond to the support tickets, I missed a few meetings (could only have been 2 max, the standups were always optional). This was true, and I could have done better. Still, I was a victim of thyroid cancer 5 years ago, which makes it occasionally really hard to wake up early without feeling tired which contributed to this. I didn't want to expose my condition, and I felt forced to do so. I got crucified very quickly. I've never shown any malice, and in my humble opinion, this is the pure definition of injustice. I felt constantly afraid of being genuine.

Pros: Proper amount of days off Good people on the team trying to help with PM on the top.

Cons: haven’t seen such a terrible way of managing people and teams in my entire career — from senior leadership down to the Engineering Manager level. During my time there: I saw people constantly getting sick due to stress. Employees were indirectly expected to work overtime and were compared to those who did. There was constant turnover and frequent changes of Product Managers and Engineering Managers, which created instability and a lack of clear direction. The management culture created a lot of unnecessary pressure and unhealthy competition. Ah, I almost forgot! Micromanagement — the cherry on top. It was funny to see that the EM kept chasing people and nitpicking instead of figuring out how to improve features and helping with technical decisions. If you are experienced and have a family, I would not recommend joining.

Pros: Great people, great culture, ambitious, development oriented

Cons: There are no cons about working at Pennylane.