Great company and culture, but the tech team suffers from poor leadership and massive technical debt - Senior Software Engineer Gathern Employee Review

4.0
Oct 21, 2025
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Pros

Supportive and professional HR team with clear communication and smooth processes. The company’s vision and business side are strong, with real potential for growth. Colleagues are friendly, cooperative, and genuinely passionate about their work. Exposure to real-world challenges and modern tools that can help you grow technically if managed well.

Cons

The codebase has the largest technical debt I’ve ever seen, with minimal documentation, weak standards, and inconsistent architecture. Leadership within the tech team tends to be picky rather than quality-focused, with decisions driven by personal preferences instead of engineering best practices. Engineers have limited autonomy or trust to improve the system, even when solutions are objectively better. Deadlines can be unrealistic, with high pressure and poor prioritization, especially during critical periods. Technical reviews and quality assurance processes are either missing or superficial, making improvement difficult.

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2.0
Mar 21, 2025
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Pros

High salary Stable work environment (initially)

Cons

Lack of job security: The entire marketing team was laid off, followed by more than 20 employees in just two months.

1.0
Nov 24, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

the salary is fine, and the workload is variable

Cons

one of the worst environments and work life balance is not respected. if you challenge anyone professionally you have made a crime and expect to be challenged personally do not expect to grow you career here

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