Perfect startup to kick you career in the tech world! - Senior Software Engineer alaTest Employee Review

5.0
Sep 25, 2018
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Pros

- International office, chance to improve your professional communication skills in English, for me this was the thing that I liked specially that being a developer in this company requires heavy communication with non- tech teams done mainly in English. - Very encouraging environment to practice sports with a decent heath bonus and freedom to practice sports during work hours (with prior notice to your superior of course but still very flexible). - Perfect place to work with new technologies, like every other tech company, legacy exists but it's being maintained and migrations are happening as I write this, very interesting new project too with up to date technologies, you will be working on daily basis with more than just one technology or programming language, gets a bit challenging and stressful sometimes but you will feel the outcome on your personal development and tech stack skills.

Cons

- Micromanagement exists but things are changing and tech department is getting more and more autonomous, the CTO is doing a good job when it comes to this. - Salaries are a bit low compared to market average, but this is a startup so it's kind of expected.

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1.0
Jul 23, 2024
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Pros

Nice and friendly engineer colleagues.

Cons

Daily attendance is required in the office. Employees are required to track their working hours by clocking in and out. Overtime work exceeding 8 hours cannot be converted into vacation days. A minimum daily presence of one hour is required. A Swedish employee suggested adopting a more Swedish work culture approach to the CEO. Then his employment was terminated immediately and just before Christmas. The CTO is very enthusiastic about becoming a personal trainer. The code quality is very fragile in this company as no engineers will stay there for more than 2-3 years. The accountant and HR are not interested in building relationships with engineers since engineers won’t stay for long.

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3.0
Aug 20, 2024
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Pros

Small company, small team, take full ownership of all projects, work closely with the CEO

Cons

Too much legacy code without repository, hard to maintain

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