Worst company I have ever worked for - Engineer 90 Seconds Employee Review

1.0
9 Sept 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

No pros for engineers. If you're a manager and just agree with everything the CEO says - it is probably a good company to join.

Cons

CEO is trying to manage EVERYTHING. He "knows" how to manage the Engineering team, Finance team, Product team. I don't want to say it's a bad thing. He's the CEO and he can do whatever he wants. But the way he does it - it's very annoying. Many employees want to make great product but not everybody in management can. Plans are changing 2-3 times monthly because "WE ARE A STARTUP", which is okay too. But then the CEO comes and asks "where is the product, guys?". Management sucks, team structure sucks (it's a normal thing here when you work on 2-3 different things at a time). It's hard to argue with the CEO, it's easier to leave the company instead. Stupid technical decisions were made by the CEO and engineering leads (under the CEO's pressure) a few months ago, and it was not the first time. The engineering team is absolutely demotivated. New "engineering director" asks you to work 150% harder and promises that you will be rewarded, but most likely you will be fired instead than rewarded just because all the bonuses which HR department promised before (when I joined) have gone nowhere. I know people who left the company in less than two weeks after joining just because of the "company culture". Once somebody left a negative but really honest review on Glassdoor and the CEO asked all the people to come to the second floor to discuss it. I was 100% sure he was going to ask us: "Do you guys really think the review make sense and should we change the way how we work?"; But he just stated the review is a LIE and it's hard to hire new people because of it, and it's author should delete the review. I was shocked. And the author has deleted the review (sic!). Hey man, if you're reading this and you have balls - post your beautiful review again!

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90 Seconds Response
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Thank you so much for sharing this feedback as well as your experience working at 90 Seconds. It is wonderful to hear that you find the work you are doing meaningful, appreciated, and recognized. Over the past few years, the organization has made key investments to drive the business forward and underline our vision. While there is always room to improve, we are on the right path to success - thanks to employees like you. As we continue to build on this, we encourage you to keep sharing your feedback with us. Thank you for all that you do!
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