Good People, Also Burnout and Layoffs - Software Developer Campspot Employee Review

Campspot is a good company to work for. Medium-sized, most employees are fully remote, lots of solid, real people here, and you are trusted to self manage and get the work done. You work hard but you will feel appreciated and supported. Company culture is refreshingly transparent.

Campspot is slightly under-staffed as a whole and I think everyone is starting to feel that. Growth is outpacing hiring.

- Highly Collaborative Individual Contributors: The team members are exceptionally talented and foster a highly collaborative environment, making day-to-day work enjoyable and productive. - Past Growth Opportunities: During its earlier growth phase, Campspot provided ample opportunities for career progression and skill development, but that is now gone.

- Disregard for Engineering Timelines: Leadership consistently dismisses engineering's project timelines and recommendations, despite a track record of those estimates proving largely accurate. This creates undue pressure and unrealistic expectations for the engineering team. - Lack of Strategic Focus: There's a persistent inability within leadership to establish clear, consistent priorities, leading to frequent shifts in direction and distractions. - Stagnant Compensation Amid Increased Workload: Annual salary increases over the past two years have been minimal, failing to keep pace with the increased responsibilities and workload placed on employees who are expected to "do more with less." - Offshoring Roles to Contractors: Campspot continues to move roles to contractors in South America, which raises questions about long-term internal growth and job security.