Crackling - Engineering Manager Backbase Employee Review

1.0
May 11, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- People - Growth opportunities - Many to learn

Cons

- Very poor compensation and no raise year-over-year - MT which has lost touch with reality & development teams - Multiple layoffs under the name of "reorganization", "transformation", "role changes", etc. - Almost halved R&D headcount with current layoffs - People with massive domain knowledge have either left voluntarily or let go in the past one year. - Continous reorganizations for years - Constant "vision" drifts, shift in target. It was Full Suite a couple of years ago, then Commercial Banking last year, now AI.. - A "dream" of "AI can replace people", right now, right away.. - Massive changes / initiatives every quarter - Multiple moving targets at any given time - Terrible sales, unrealistic deadlines and customer commitments - Complex internal processes, months to release a product - Extremely heavy workload - Blame-culture recently - Poor quality of deliverables - Massively shifting to cheap labor with "hassle-free regulations", to fire people at the same day of announcement

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5.0
Dec 23, 2025
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Pros

One of the best jobs I've ever had. Unfortunately my role got cut due to layoffs but I would have stayed here for years if that weren't the case. Great autonomy to employees, great collaboration, communication and organization. Good leadership.

Cons

Unexpected rounds of layoffs, but it was the case in tech for a while.

4.0
Apr 6, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good Work Experience working on Banking Application less work pressure

Cons

Need to understand their product

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