You live inside a bubble - Anonymous employee bunq Employee Review

2.0
Sep 27, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You are definitely working with smart people and the project "changing the banking industry from the inside" is just amazing.

Cons

There are just sooo many rules. For example you need to be at the office before 9 or you'll have lunch duty. You can't leave before 6, unless your manager makes an exception. You need to send a status update every day so management can check up on what you're doing even though they're selling it as you keeping track on your own effectiveness. Even though, when they don't agree with a point in your status update they'll email you about it to check why you've done something a certain way or why you've made a certain decision. When you're there for a while you start believing this is normal, but when you're talking to friends that are working elsewhere you are reminded that it's not. Not even in big corporates.

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Pros

Code moves to production without delay, so you quickly see the results of your work. The team has people from all kinds of backgrounds, and everyone's happy to review ideas and offer input. You can manage your time and choose your approach to work without unnecessary interference from supervisors. The salary is competitive.

Cons

Decisions are rarely final, so you have to be adaptable.

5.0
Mar 21, 2026
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Pros

- No burnout (the pace is reasonable) - When I clock off, I’m really off (no work stuff follows me home) - People enjoy working together, they're not forced to - I can have honest conversations with managers

Cons

Some of the tools need upgrading.

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