A game of two halfs - Architect Kana Employee Review

4.0
Jan 7, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Now that the old Global head of Engineering (aka CTO) has left the death march has stopped and the poorly implement product he championed canned its not a bad place to work. Pays well, work is in the main interesting, seems to be going places with a relatively clear vision now and in the main are customer focused

Cons

Had to live through the Death march and the disaster that was SEM; you cant buy SOA in a box and JSON isn't REST! The company has gone through a number of acquisition phases and people in general don't handle change well; which can make progress difficult. The assimilated organisations often blame senior management; but there is an element of self reflection (emotional intelligence) that needs to be applied on a personal level to embrace change and appreciate other ways for doing things Personally it would be nice to work on a project that does not get canned and provides a significant proportion of the customer base with benefit at some stage! Company is growing and with it the the expected politics etc

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2.0
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Pros

You can work from home, they have a good lunch area, if you like Dojo you will get to use it a lot

Cons

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