Worried working here about how stable the job is - Software Engineer Bede Gaming Employee Review

1.0
Jan 14, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Tech stack is good and other people on my team want to help me. They gave me a really good laptop to do my job and I've been given freedom to work on what I want to work on.

Cons

I was told I was going to be fully remote but now I'm being told I need to learn to drive to come into work. I'm worried because I was nervous to learn to drive so I haven't but now I'm being forced, They keep saying they will help with adjustments but I don't feel like I can adjust to driving or spending hours and hours a week on public transport. I have spoke to my manager but they say I'll need to learn to drive. I'll be looking for a new job but feel like I'll be without a job. I don't know if they will just make me redundant like they did other people before Christmas. I'm really upset because I really like the work I do and the people I work with but the changes they are making mean it isn't possible for me to do my job. I think it's worth asking if interviewing if you can have anything they tell you down in writing so you don't end up in a situation like me!!!!!

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Bede Gaming Response
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Hi, Please come and talk to me or your manager. We've worked with other employees and their managers who find coming into the office tricky for a variety of reasons and have found solutions or different working patterns based on childcare needs, caring responsibilities, and commuting difficulties. I'd hate the thought of you worrying about job security when we can find a resolution here. Especially when you enjoy the work and the team. Thanks David Head of People

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Pros

Free food, snacks, beverages etc Sensible and flexible hybrid working policy, I have been to places before that have been really strict but as long as your making and effort to come in twice a week then the odd emergency etc is fine The culture within the development teams is very positive with people caring about the services they support. For example care and time is taken on PRs to ensure the quality of the work is good and support is provided to help you get through issues and improve Bede follow a lot of good practices and frameworks software development wise You are given time at the end of sprints for self development and a new framework has been released to help you gauge where you are at and point towards areas to work on Tech stack is very good using latest frameworks and constantly innovating and improving on this

Cons

Although the CDF provides us with a tool to help us progress it's quite unclear at the moment how exactly that relates to different titles. Main example I have not found any info on what is required for me to go from a mid level to senior developer. Typically at places I have worked at previously we have had a longer term roadmap of what teams will be working on for example 1 year plus so it would be nice to know what the teams are working on towards the end of the year. There are a lot of different departments and a lot of cross responsibilities which can make it hard to get things done at times, or a lot of extra effort and meetings to keep people in the loop of changes, not sure how this can be sorted though without simplifying processes. Maybe a doc that outlined the different departments and their typical roles?

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