Transformation of a Great Software Company into Garments - Software Engineer Kona Software Lab Employee Review

2.0
Jan 29, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

-Timely Salary -Slowly declining but still a great learning place for freshers -Knowledgeable & helpful seniors - opportunity to work in famous & significant fintech projects in BD & KR - Monthly Outing - Annual Tour that covers expenses including family

Cons

If I make a list it will be enormous. Let's start with culture. The company faced a great transition at 2023 which resuled a strict office time policy. Hilariously, they introduced a 9:01 cutoff time and if an employee comes even 1 min late 5 times in a month they will deduct salary of a day. The HRs took advantage of the poor ERP system ( I heard they replaced it) and tried to deduct salary of employees who cared less about the systems. The greater management always supported them in these acts. Instead of making a project better the management always tried to impress the KR management even if they to run over a truck on their employees. Unrealistic deadlines were so common that, employees always gave false deadline estimation as they know management will always shrink it. Their lunch was partially subsidised. The food was awful as well as the food booking system. If a employee come at 9:10 AM to kitchen, office staffs would simply hide the food and lied infront of their face. When I joined in 2021, the snacks had variety, recently the Just keep the cheapest and bare minimum foods. Management cared very little of the these quality of life improvements.

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4.0
Aug 28, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

- A bunch of talented people - Friendly environment

Cons

admins and HRs are treating this software company as garments factory

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3.0
Apr 21, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

get souvenier's for most of the occasions. met some(very few) incredibly wise and brilliant persons there.

Cons

Extremely Toxic Workculture (only a few people are some of the wisest and brilliant persons I have ever seen in my life). Toxic management, Food not healthy.

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