Not a place to be - Senior Software Developer Bitpanda Employee Review

2.0
May 26, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- International teams, - Office looks good, - They have started to listen to senior devs that are trying to push the wheel in the right direction, - Work from anywhere, vacations, "week breaks". But, I'd say they're offering this many benefits because they cannot keep devs at bitpanda or because employees are just stressed. - One thing that I really like is that you might be able to work like 6 hours a day (with a reduction of salary), - It might be good to work here to put into your CV and to learn some technologies for a starting dev, - To learn what a growing start up can be. - Free coffee so you can work during the nights.

Cons

- Very unorganized and forced hyper growth. - Experienced and old employees are leaving the company constantly. As a result many people are new and/or nobody knows what should be done and/or are so overwhelmed that they cannot think on what's really important to keep the "molecular structure" of the company. - Awful on-boarding, many new comers are quite pissed off. - Inter-team communication is very hard as everyone is on an urgency. - Manager responsibilities somehow end up in the "leaves". - Bad planning of new features. Devs, QAs and POs are paying for all the bad management decisions. - Urgent priority changes over urgent existing priorities with very strange dead lines. I've seen testers, POs and PMs working non stop for months, even during the nights. - Salaries cannot keep up with other companies and the work-life balance is quite bad. - Overtime is not considered in your salary. HR will say that you can work less on a Friday if you work more during weekends, but, that is hard to achieve. - HR keeps talking about career paths but seems impossible with all the chaos. - Engineering managers don't seem to have the power of decision or expertise to really change anything.

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Bitpanda Response
4y
Hi (former) Panda, We really appreciate you taking the time to leave your thoughts about how you found life at Bitpanda. As a high-impact and fast-paced company in a highly competitive industry, in order to grow, we have to work hard to always be thinking big and moving fast! While this can bring about fast changes, we always make sure that they are done for the right reasons and have a positive impact. So while working at Bitpanda will often mean having to go beyond the typical corporate 9-to-5, we ask all current and potential Pandas to keep this in mind to ensure it's the right fit for them. However, we're incredibly proud of the amazing talent that we are not only able to attract to our den but also retain. Part of our ability to do this is not just the incredible personal growth opportunities we offer but also our revolutionary "flexibility-first" approach that allows every one of our Pandas to personalise the way they work to have the optimum work-life balance. Of course, as a company, we know there's always room for improvement. That's why we've recently kicked off our Bitpanda Employee Voice survey to ensure everyone here has the ability to speak up, talk straight and help us grow stronger and tackle any areas of weakness. Thanks for all your effort during your time in our den. We hope we've managed to address the points you've raised here, and we wish you nothing but success in your next adventures!

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