Make Checkout Great Again - Software Engineer Checkout.com Employee Review

- No flexibility in their hybrid policy: If you join Checkout you must come 3 days per week in the office (there are some exceptions i.e. if you are sick, extraordinary causes etc). I really feel this policy hurts more than helps, most of the talent are going to competitors precisely for this reason, and for work/life balance this is pretty bad - Mandatory out-of-hours on call. It is quite generous (50% of your hourly salary), however if you are in a team with a lot of incidents (i.e. core teams) get yourself prepare. If you get an offer make sure it's not a critical team to avoid this. - Perks are not really perks: it comes as a deduction from your salary. For example private health insurance - you need to sacrify ~100£/month to get this "perk" as well as others, which I found this a bit ridiculous. - The free lunches are terrible. Sorry but it is the true - I would suggest management to radically change the free lunches approach and either offer vouchers to employees or a self-service catering like other tech companies do