ElasticBox Reviews

I have read the negative reviews of this place, and understand that a lot of it stems from the old regime which I was not around for. That being said the new regime under Carol Carpenter, and Alberto Maestro was great. The product can get confusing if you don't put in the work to learn it, but it is in DevOps which is a new area. I know this company has been around for a few years, but they are truly starting from scratch with an eye to the future. ElasticBox does change its strategies quite frequently, which can be frustrating at times. I know that can be frustrating sometimes when you have three or four new decks in a month, but that is part of a startup.

There seems to be a lack of co-ordination. When asking valid questions before beginning a feature, those same answers that they answered have suddenly changed and you're told you've implemented things they never asked for. Asking certain people who are meant to be leading teams results in fruitless answers, the simple reply to avoid thinking about the subject is "Let's arrange a call to discuss this" which essentially is a big corporations line for "I don't know what the hell to say, so lets find someone that does". Which is important as communicating between Madrid and San Francisco can be difficult but that bridge seems to have been completely dismantled. There is no innovation. Features are built based on off-hand request from annoyed customers, anything meaningful is pushed to the bottom of the pile. There is also ignorance attached to other emerging technologies. Expect long hours, frustrating conversations and a lack of freedom. If you join and leave you're told you were not a believer, but maybe i just enjoy my sanity and spare time?