Poor direction and internal structure - Software Engineer Howl Employee Review

2.0
7 Aug 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Flexible Fridays, smart people at the lower levels. A lot of genuinely great interactions with people cross team/cross function.

Cons

Upper management is constantly mircomanaging minor details of the product. Anyone who says no (in any small way) to leadership is quickly fired or let go, meaning that there is constant turnover with product team. Extremely vertical structure for such a small company, and there is rarely clear agreement on projects leading to many direction changes. Engineering leadership likes to talk the talk without walking the walk. Principles of security and correctness of code get put by the wayside for fast feature pushes, and engineering leadership doesn't push back on this. Engineering teams focused on security and maintenance almost entirely laid off.

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Cons

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5.0
2 Apr 2025
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Pros

- I love the people I work with, who are all very collaborative, smart and hard-working (and diverse!) - The company is in a growing phase which allows for non-stop creativity, offering constructive feedback to the CEO, and implementing new ways of working. I like feeling autonomous in my work that can turn into larger company-wide initiatives or processes. - The clients and partners we work with are fantastic!

Cons

- Hitting revenue goals is always a high-pressure job, so you will likely work more than 40 hours to be successful. - Newer company and platform means you need patience as things get worked out and improved. It can be frustrating when things "don't work" how you'd like them to, so you need to be okay with that style of work.

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