Cool projects - Software Engineer eProsima Employee Review

3.0
Jun 10, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

eProsima is a small company, around 15 employees, all of which are very nice people. Personally, I experienced the teams working very well together. Always with a helping hand and great technical skills. The projects are amazing. Most projects include big international companies with very cool projects. They include everything imaginable in this sector, from autonomous driving projects to robotic arms, microcontrollers, drone swarms, military communication systems and european R&D projects. If that’s your stuff, eProsima is for you. But don’t understand me wrong, you don’t actually see the hardware, it’s all about the middleware development. Working hours are ok. We start very early and it’s not for everyone. But definitely has its positive aspects, as you finish early as well and usually don’t have the fear of overcrowded traffic etc. Normal holidays. Salary is quite fair. I guess, it depends a bit on negotiating skills and the actual experience.

Cons

Being such a small company it is clear to me, that sometimes one has to do tasks which are a bit out of one’s comfort zone, that includes public speaking, prepare and hold online meetings, do documentation or give support to clients and the community. There is just no specialist for each task. At times, it’s true that work adds up and one could feel something like pressure or stress.

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4.0
Oct 19, 2024
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Pros

1. Se aprende mucho. 2. Trabajas con gente competente. 3. Buen ambiente con los compañeros. 4. Buen sueldo. 5. Proyectos interesantes.

Cons

1. Poca flexibilidad. 2. Falta de comunicación con el CEO. 3. Falta de oportunidades de crecimiento. 4. El esfuerzo no se recompensa (no hay bonus).

1.0
Feb 14, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The colleagues. They are by far the best thing in the company, at least while I have been there, always willing to help and exchange ideas to develop a shared knowledge.

Cons

The CEO and his management of the company and the projects. Firstly, there is a total lack of formal requirements and reasonable deadlines. Requirements are generally not written down anywhere, so developers are left alone to work on poorly defined tasks. If they make incorrect assumptions it is their fault, because they should have had "common sense" to know what was required. In addition and more importantly, the way he treats employees is by making them work under the pressure that they can be fired at any time, this is his owns words. He uses good software development practices, like stand-up meetings, to inspire fear and make people feel they are being closely monitored in terms of their performance. Similarly, task estimation is not done to learn about the development speed of the team, but to control who is not performing as the CEO expects.

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