Toxic Environment - Lack of Competent Leadership - No Growth Opportunities - Backend Engineer Desquared Employee Review

1.0
May 19, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

There are no notable pros.

Cons

Desquared operates in the IT sector without even having an IT department! The company’s management lacks prior work experience and is highly inexperienced, and consistently assigns unqualified individuals to managerial roles without the necessary skills or background. They frequently offer short-term contracts of 1 to 3 months, hiring people only for brief periods to benefit from government subsidies — which is why the staff turnover is so high. The actual number of permanent employees is very small compared to the total workforce. Salaries are extremely low, and overtime is not compensated. Teams are understaffed, and the workload is overwhelming. Employees are often expected to take on multiple roles, but there is no real career progression, as there are no senior-level positions at all. The company provides no professional development opportunities — there are absolutely no training programs, workshops, or mentorship initiatives in place. Career growth prospects are essentially nonexistent. Permanent staff members often consider themselves superior to new hires and treat them arrogantly. The CEO is generally rude, does not tolerate differing opinions, and never says “thank you” or “sorry.” He avoids taking responsibility for mistakes. There isn’t even an HR department, as management shows no willingness to address the many issues and complaints raised by employees. The company is a start-up, facing constant uncertainty and frequent changes — unfortunately without the structure or leadership required to manage such instability effectively. Advice: If you're looking for a workplace that offers stability, respect, career development and competent management, you may want to reconsider applying to this company.

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2.0
Apr 14, 2026
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Pros

room for autonomy, ownership, decent wage,

Cons

Just an agency, Zero onboarding, you work on your own, you almost never meet your teammates, indifferent products, no benefits at all

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4.0
Sep 22, 2025
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Pros

As a first job I gained a lot of experience, I worked on big projects since the agency has some of the biggest players on the Greek market and now some internationally (COSMOTE, NBG etc). Also big plus it is fully remote, pays good money and the almost all colleagues are some really good people.

Cons

After a certain amount of time you reach a growth limit due to the nature of the agency workflow. In one hand clients always have the upper hand in what is the final products and how much effort you put in things and on the other managers will not be satisfied with the quality of what you offer, so the balance is always off to who you try to satisfy. Also a lot of times since you are always the third party to the client you have to prove your self every time and sometime they still don't accept you and that become tiring after a certain point.

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