Working in Technology Department - Anonymous Brandtone Employee Review

Interesting work with the latest open source technologies. Small company so you can make a difference and shape what's being done - more satisfying than being a small cog in a big wheel somewhere else. Suggestions like new software or better ways of working are taken on board by managers so you can really help influence whats happening around you. People are generally good, and from what I see there's not much politics or people playing the game by putting others down. Salaries that I know of are at or moderately above market rate. Working hours are fine and there's good work/life balance. Management is good at allowing early/late starts and occasional working from home. Social life is good and its the first place I've worked with a beer fridge :) Office is in a good, very central location, handy for Dart and Dublin Bikes

It's a small international company so top-level management seem to travel a lot - limiting the time they are available to actually lead or manage. Communications aren't great in this regard and teams can get mis-aligned. As company is growing, most new roles have been hired in, only bigger teams seem to have promotion prospects and that's pretty rare - so you need to be happy with the role and salary you start in. Other benefits are thin on the ground - no pension or health contributions.

An excellent leadership team led by visionary CEO who devoted time to building a great culture and environment and who supported our professional and personal development. A fantastic international client base of leading global brands who despite being very demanding brought out the best in us as a team.

Very large challenging board of strategic investors who over time became increasingly unable to separate their strategic interests as corporate investors from those of the company and its clients resyulting in our CEO being frequently diverted from his main task of running the business.