Not a stable management. Do not trust this company - Senior Software Engineer Ultimate Employee Review

1.0
Jul 21, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

* Fast onboarding * welcoming to new members *good pay till you are employed *good products and roadmap

Cons

*ugly management *no transparency *no well-defined policies *bad interview filtering

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Ultimate Response
3y
Hi former Software Engineer, Thank you for taking time to review Ultimate. Although it's disappointing to read your cons listed, it's great to hear you've enjoyed our fast and welcoming onboarding and our world-class product and roadmap. Regarding your cons, I reached out to our CTO, Simon Munch-Andersen, as it's important we address the engineering-specific comments head-on. Simon stated: "We are constantly innovating our hiring practices: to ensure they are inclusive, competency-based, and culture-add. As a company, we are passionate about hiring right: which means the right people, for the right roles, where they can be successful. Our bar for hiring is high and every offer we make is to someone whom we are confident in and committed to. We take people relocating seriously and international hires often begin with us as a freelance from their home countries; to de-risk the move. Unfortunately, interview processes and short freelance periods are never 100% guarantees and sometimes, after embedding further into the business, it simply might not be a match for both parties. Codifying our culture into how we lead at Ultimate is also a big focus and we are making several key investments in this area this year. We have recently launched a company-wide Ultimate Manager Training Program, which among many things, supports engineers moving into management with all the coaching and best practices of leadership. We're receiving great feedback on the program from teams whose managers have recently graduated. We are also launching our transparent Performance and Feedback Framework, enabling each engineer to clearly see what's required at each level as well as getting continuous peer and manager feedback. Together with our Career Progression Framework, it should make it transparent what's required to progress your career in the R&D team. Finally, we've recently launched our internal Engineering Handbook to clearly document how we work in R&D and how to operate our different systems, which is available immediately to all new joiners. A lot of effort is being put into making it as smooth as possible to understand what's required and to do your best work at Ultimate." Kind regards, Izzy Burman Head of Talent

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5.0
Oct 13, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Very inclusive, diverse work force

Cons

I do not really have any

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Ultimate Response
3y
Hello Senior SDR, Thank you so much for taking the time to review Ultimate. Great that you recognise our inclusive, diverse workforce. This is a huge part of our DNA as a company that we are proud of integral to who we are as a business. Everyone has both a seat and voice at the table here. Thank you again for your 5* review, we appreciate it. Kind regards, Izzy Burman Head of Talent
5.0
Apr 3, 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

* Co-founders are great people who genuinely want to see people thrive, and are willing to bet on their employees * The people are generally nice * Tech is interesting - (k8s, TS/node, NLP) * Generally good W/L balance * Good company values

Cons

* Cross-functional department are still figuring out how to best work with each other to make the company successful * Some clients are so big that the management directive is to "do whatever it takes"

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Ultimate Response
4y
Hello Colleague, Thank you so much for your review of Ultimate. Wonderful to hear you find our tech interesting and it sounds like you live by our company values, which we put at the heart of everything we do! I appreciate your honesty and advice around improving cross-functional collaboration, as this is essential in how we build in partnership with eachother. We're better together! I'll share all these comments with our People team and I welcome you to speak to me confidentially, so we can delve into all further. To reassure you, our tech salaries are reviewed annually and salary increases will be imminent :). Thanks so much for your review - delighted you're working at Ultimate! Izzy Burman Head of Talent
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