Delusions of Google - Software Engineer AWeber Employee Review

1.0
Nov 13, 2015
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Pros

- The lunches every day are amazing -- not just "we'll order you whatever you want off Eat24/Grubhub/Facestuff", but awesome custom meals to suit everyone in the company. - Just about every type of distraction you could want, including pool, pingpong, video games, etc. - The folks who work there are great, friendly people.

Cons

- First and foremost, the business feels ethically shady. A lot of their "customers", especially those who call in for support, are folks getting sucked into multi-level-marketing schemes through their referrer program. - They have so much technical debt they're basically bankrupt. Their stack is mostly PHP and some cryptic Perl. After a failed full-stack rewrite a few years ago (after which all the devs responsible were fired) it has left them a few steps behind their competitors with crappy infrastructure. - Bait and switch - If they tell you you're going to write greenfield code... you'll probably be hacking features in PHP to play catchup.

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5.0
Oct 8, 2024
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Pros

Great management, awesome team, annual company retreats, strong culture

Cons

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5.0
May 13, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

AWeber is a great company to work for, and consistently has been for many years. While being at AWeber, you get to work with awesome technologies and serve really cool customers. The team dynamic at AWeber is top tier, and communication between team members is ever present. There is always information sharing, internal documentation to reference, and avenues to learn/stay in the know. This commitment to public facing communication allows team members to know what's upcoming, know what's expected of them, ask questions, posit suggestions/ideas, and appropriately prepare and plan. At AWeber, everyone has a voice, and their voice matters. Being at the company each day feels less like a job and more of an opportunity to accomplish something great.

Cons

At the company, we all actively work to make AWeber better for today, tomorrow, and the future. If you are someone who prefers to silo information and hide from your team, working at AWeber would likely not be a good fit for you.

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