Bad management and the worst HR - Software Engineer Tamaggo Employee Review

We have been in the red for too long (a year), it's hard to remember what used to be positive.

Company has more managers than actual people who do the work. Managers at the C* level have no experience in startups, nor do they understand the tech they're supposed to bring to market. Management and board stubbornly refuse to compensate the employees for the pain they endured (weeks of pay backlog). 2012 and 2013 bonuses were promised, acknowledged but never paid. Money is spent on the wrong things (luxurious, AAA office space in Montreal) while the company owes big money to employees, contractors, suppliers, taxes, etc. A lot of talent has been wasted and continues to be. Management does not know who does the actual work within the company (or did, since many have been laid off) . They hired and fired at random. Doers are under-valued. Talkers are kings. Company became a running joke in Montreal. I am ashamed to say I work there. Investors run away as soon as they see the state of the company: burn-rate, management to dev ratio, debt, expenses, fines, lawsuits, etc.

Great opportunity to learn and develop with interesting technologies. Dynamic environment means you get to do lots of interesting things in a short period of time. Salary is good, benefits are good.

Some people don't have the stomach for a start up. This causes work environments to be quite stressful. Everyone has 20/20 hindsight and thinks they could do better given the finances and the decision making. The uncertainty of the future of the company is hard for some people to accept. The camera business is kind of in a bad spot at the moment, and resurrecting it is no small task (requires lots of $$$$$).