Pros
1. Interesting industry. 2. Pro Covid you could easily visit other locations, globally and the office perks are nice. 3. You can touch base with other colleagues. 4. Nice parties pro covid.
Cons
I decided to write this review because the reviews that speak some truth are lost in between the “5-star” which all literally look the same and I don’t know how real they are. I feel responsible warning people before they decide to join. If you are above 30 or have more than 4 years of experience do not go and avoid at all costs. 1. Progress in the company is realized only if you praise and not question the founder and his small inner cycle. This has resulted in middle management comprising mostly by incompetent people who in some cases do not even know what their team is doing and literally add most of their value when they are on holidays. 2. There is no HR to coach on whether “Adyen culture” or “Adyen formula” is applied by both sides. They will only side with the people above. Do not go to them for help. 3. Company has some really good profitability at the moment with less evolved competition. Nevertheless, the funds are not invested to the platform or know/how, instead money are wasted primarily on vanity marketing and accounts. Moreover, money is used to silence people on severe malpractices of employment rules. 4. Lot of employees are disappearing suddenly without giving any feedback to colleagues or transition tasks. There are “rumors” for various cases of bad treatment and causes for strong psychological damage. Make sure to always have legal advice by your side. As I mention above money now is wasted just to silence people. If you get threatened do not back down and call a lawyer. 5. The 2 month probation period for new hires is actually a trial run. It is quite common that they will turn you loose if you don’t praise enough. One more reason not to risk changing job for Adyen. There is no such thing as performance. Handling the politics around the founder cycle will get you through. In summary, to get the right picture of Adyen imagine uneducated and untrained middle-high management combined with ego and money. In my opinion there are 2 scenarios. The first is that the company is getting restructured and releases people with the most despicable manner because disclosing publicly that they restructure would harm the hype/growth tale. The second is that higher management is completely incapable handling the size anymore and have gathered a group of “yes sir” people around and they only listen to them. No matter what applies, the fact is that the environment is severely toxic with lot of people starting therapy sessions and whoever speaks up is dismissed with the worst possible way. Regardless the news trend for Adyen, I would definitely not join an organization which treats people like dirt. There are still some teams which still hold the ship, read other review to see how to spot them but still its too big of a risk to join.