Not what it once was - Anonymous employee Engine Yard Employee Review

1.0
Aug 6, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Engine Yard was a great place to work for a time. Staff willing to help each other and work together for customers

Cons

The acquisition by Crossover LLC sealed the fate of Engine Yard

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5.0
Jan 13, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Business outlook

Pros

I loved working here- fast paced and forward thinking company with great leadership.

Cons

The PaaS space has some competition.

4.0
Feb 12, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

The new CEO is actually really great. Engine Yard needed this. The choices he's made are ones that should have been made a long time ago. I think he also pays attention to what we're good it, which has always been a gripe of mine. He's learning what we're able to do well and trying to build on that. He wants to keep our big customers and figure out how to make our platform work for the people that need it most. Company culture has rebounded a bit since the layoffs. Hiring is resuming with focus on engineering (yay).

Cons

When you deal with so many people's core businesses, security is very tight. Though it's expected, it can be cumbersome on a day to day basis. The time needed to accomplish fixes of underlying issues is still hard to come by. Company perks have been cut back recently, but this is to be expected. The agile methodology that has been adopted recently can be cumbersome and overly specific at times. Allow for engineering creativity in solving challenges rather than exhausting the challenge before it gets to the engineers.

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