Toxic culture. - Software Engineer Spin Employee Review

2.0
Nov 24, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits. HR and senior execs care about diversity and inclusion. They have a vision for how to move the company forward and grow market share.

Cons

Some recent hires were not skilled. I voted down a job candidate and the director hired him anyway saying we need headcount. That new hire made bugs that others had to fix. Chaotic engineering culture. Product managers and directors kept changing priorities. Never thought senior managers, directors, and senior execs really cared about employees as persons. There were turf battles between different engineering teams. Also turf battles between engineering and product. Product managers sometimes just through requirements at engineering teams without even trying to collaborate. It was as if they treated engineers as black boxes that turned requirements into finished products. Some of their requirements were not realistic. Engineering teams are separate from each other. People who tried to improve things got yelled at.

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Spin Response
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Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback. We are happy to hear you have a positive impression about our diversity and inclusion efforts, as we continue to put a lot of focus on building this team even stronger. In regards to the interview process, we try to evaluate all candidates based on their technical skills and ability to perform the job. I suggest speaking with your manager to provide further feedback and also, if you feel comfortable providing more detailed feedback, please reach out to the people team at HRsupport@Spin.pm.

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