Poor at executing - Developer Cimpl Employee Review

1.0
Dec 8, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Multicultural work environment. - Decent infrastructure. - Espresso machine and other amenities. - Ambitious vision for the future of the company.

Cons

- Departments are siloed to the extreme and seem to compete against each other. As a consequence, collaboration is discouraged. - Product design is virtually non-existent and in practice means reverse engineering their own existing products with an unbelievably short-sighted "we know better" attitude. Saving face and making managers look good is rewarded and a priority over executing and delivering. - Development teams are meant to use Scrum and other agile tools, but only as a façade. Management assigns "personal projects" to individuals. Those are just part of the regular work that managers want to prevent from being estimated and developed by a team, hoping that this approach will get things done faster. - Communication is ineffective. Meetings are often long and dull, with parts of the attendance heads-down, swiping at their smartphones.

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Cimpl Response
10y
We appreciate your honest review of your time with us. Communication in a company is a balancing act, and when you are growing at a fast pace (we’ve grown 300% in the last 5 years), it requires even more adjustments. In fact, we’ve recently made many organizational changes in order to address many of the items you listed in your review. We have experienced great improvements and look forward to continually looking to better ourselves as a company. We wish you all the best in your future endeavours.

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Cons

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Cimpl Response
9y
We have great people at Cimpl that believe in what we are doing and were we are heading. We have grown in 2016 and the future is bright for 2017 with new employees, new customers and new partners. Growth brings transition and change which continually challenges the status quo. We are committed to reviewing our structure, our processes, in order to be a Best Employer and offer our customers the value they expect from our solution. We understand that Cimpl was probably not the right fit for you, we hope that you have found an organization that speaks to your needs. We wish you the best with your new employer.
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