Great people, good tech but mediocre management - Senior Software Engineer Checkout.com Employee Review

4.0
Aug 21, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

- Working with some very talented and passionate people that know a lot about the domain. - Lots of autonomy from management to choose how we went to build features. - Impactful work and quick feedback. - Very metric driven (at least in my team) - Modern tech stack and opportunities to develop features at scale leading to interesting and challenging problems to solve. Great environment to learn, especially for junior/mid level developers. - Compensation is good, although not amazing. - Opportunities to grow career. - Great office environment, including free breakfast/lunch and regular events.

Cons

- The high performance culture combined with lots of organisational changes makes focusing on goals and collaborating cross-team very difficult. - While I personally don't agree with every review here I think it's clear that company morale has taken a hit in the last 6 months or so with the announcement of a 3 day return to office policy and some questionable decisions from senior management. - Lots of time wasted during performance reviews. 6 month cycle that takes 3 months to complete!?

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Checkout.com Response
2y
We’re happy to hear you’re enjoying your work and the great company of your peers. We strive to make Checkout.com a place for growth and development, and we're happy to read that it’s consistent with your experience. Thanks for noting your feedback on our Growth and Performance cycle. We promote about 20% of our employee base per year and run a rigorous process to ensure it is done fairly and at the highest quality. We know our process isn’t perfect, and we’re working to improve with every cycle.

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