Pros
I worked in Dublin and the teams are really nice, despite an incredible turnover rate that makes you "an old one" after two months in the company. Mostly french people (at least 80% of the floor -it's not what you can call an international environment -it's a french one: french (old) business ways only). Experience looks good on paper -can help you get into a company that will actually treat you like you deserve.
Cons
1) Benefits There is pretty much no benefits at all for employees including team leaders -it starts with just healthcare on the manager level. However, not all employees are under the same rules, when you get to know people you actually realize it's all secrecy and some people will get more than others at same level. 2) Investment on people : This is probably the most appalling side of this company. The turnover is absolutely enormous, the retention rates are terrible and time to hire as well. The dissatisfaction level at all seniority stages is actually quite sad. No investment is made on people, the salary are mediocre in a mindset "we'll have two digits percentage growth" but will actually lose so much on training, hiring, etc... It has became an inside joke among employees that make sure to warn you pretty much from day 1 "don't expect anything from management". 3) Management style: Pyramidal, very hierarchical, a lot of secrecy, opacity, lack of communication, decision process super slow In a nutshell, Sidetrade is a company with an interesting product on paper but a terrible management that can't retain its talent (from senior sales rep to cash collection). Employees are underpaid, bonuses are at best made in a way people can't get them -at worst completely random for some teams that don't even know what are the objectives, what they are supposed to get and usually paid with several months of delay. The negativity reigning in the company atteins directly on employees' mental health that end up thinking they don't deserve any better than what they have when the only technique to keep them is to make them feel like crap all the time. I also want to highlight how poorly the HR function is handled in Dublin: different treatments according to nothing else than if the HRBPs like your face or not, enormous struggle to hire due to terrible reactivity time (referrals from employees can take up to several months before being contacted despite immediate needs), extreme negativity, constant delation to superiors about any random and/or personal facts, no action taken regarding employees "at risk" of leaving the company (and when you see the turnover rates you wonder why), hatred over French people not even slightly hidden (ironic when you work in a french company...), no recruiting strategy, no humanity nor competency... For your own sake, I strongly advise working somewhere else.
