Extreme workload, no appreciation - Backend Software Architect Shipmnts Employee Review

1.0
6 Jul 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good learning opportunities due to multiple roles

Cons

- Salary comes 3-4 months late - But still has longer working hours. Late night is very common. Work even on Sundays - Product managers are confused about what to build due to which requirement changes frequently, and engineers face the burden, even the blame.

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Shipmnts Response
7y
Hi, Thanks for the review. Not sure who this is, but we haven't had a position of backend software architect yet. So please do update your correct role on the review. We are a early stage startup trying to explore the domain and finding our product-market fit. The very nature of a startup is unclear requirements because we try to figure out what will work. That is the fun of being in a startup. To explore the unchartered territories and carving out a place for your own. Working late nights and getting the product out faster is how a startup is formed. At the same time, we have never had time restrictions. We have flexible working hours for people to work when they want just for the same reason. Anyways, will definitely take these suggestions under consideration.

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5.0
22 Nov 2021
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Pros

Shipmnts has a crystal clear vision and mission for their products. Development is planned for the present as well as the near future. Given the small team size, it is very easy to interact with everybody in the company, may it be the CTO or senior developer. The team has highly ambitious engineers that look out for new ways to make things more optimized, look better, and work better. I learned tons of stuff from Shipmts, both technical and non-technical. The management, goal planning, and brainstorming is quite solid and productive and the company is moving at a good pace

Cons

The schedule at times get hectic, especially during production days

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Shipmnts Response
4y
Thanks for your feedback. We truly believe in being a launchpad for fresh talent out of college and giving them ample opportunities to let them grow into future engineering leaders. Our cofounder Prasann is one of the best mentors when it comes to one on one mentoring. Right from basics of software engineering to advance architecture, from DSA to advance DP problems he can get you through every hurdle
1.0
9 Mar 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Free snacks and drinks and gym

Cons

toxic environment, long hours, no work life balance

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Shipmnts Response
4y
Even though we value all feedback, but we never had any working for us from Calfiy City, California. We are yet to set up an office anywhere outside India, hopefully, this year though :D We as a company care a lot about work-life balance and to make sure no one gets into a burnout phase - We have a flexible work hour policy and in fact, we are one of the very few companies in Ahmedabad, who neither track punch in time etc nor do we track time on tasks of the sprint. - We have 5 day work week policy - We have no questions asked unlimited leave policy where you have to just pre-inform about your leaves before in case of planned vacations, in case of medical emergency a ping about you and your family's well being is more important nothing else - We provide a 7-day mandatory vacation during Diwali every year wherein the whole team is on leave - We are one of the very few companies which don't play CTC games and what you see on angel or any job openings today is complete in Hand, we don't even count device support, learning rewards and ESOPs in our CTCs - We did hit a roadblock during covid19 due to cashflow delays but there were no salary cuts
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