Ocado Technology Reviews

Pros

Very nice environment Cutting edge technology Intelligent and motivated people Free snacks Salary is ok Ticket restaurant Flexible hours Working from home allowed

Cons

Oncall support, but as each team is responsible for their software is your responsibility to keep the system resilient.

Advice to Management

We are growing fast, so try to keep this environment

Pros

Work environment/office in barcelona is fantastic. Work is interesting and current, lots of expansion is happening. Benefits in the Barcelona office are great. Summer hours are a nice feature

Cons

Possible language barriers for socialising in the office

Pros

- smart and friendly colleagues - company is investing in interesting technologies (vertical farming, automation, etc) - opportunity to work on a product at scale - free fruit - free safari online subscription + conferences (if you don't get your request rejected) - company seems to be doing well with a lot of deals signed recently and growing a lot - possibility to change teams

Cons

- people team do not help or care even though they spend an hour explaining to newcomers that they help for everything - you have to chase HR a long time in order to get any answer/legal document - too few toilets, they are always full and seldom clean - code quality is disastrous in Ocean (legacy product) and mediocre in OSP (new product) - impossible to work remotely so everyone lies about having doctor... appointments or waiting for deliveries to "justify" working from home - no career growth if you are shy as working outside your team is the only thing that is valued to get promoted - SE4 (highest grade for Software Engineer) is impossible to attain unless you work in the platform team - Social event only happens once every two months and you would be lucky to get a slice of pizza and a beer as there is not enough for everyone - No time is given to improve code or processes - low salary compared to London - if you are unlucky enough to end up in Ocean (legacy product) your career will take a massive hit as technologies and processes are outdated and code quality is abysmal. Management too is outdated in Ocean. - graduate recruits are lured in with promises of working on the new platform with microservices but are then told that there is no room and sent to Ocean - free instant coffee is not good - high turnover

Advice to Management

Value your developers more.

Pros

Can work on interesting problems with smart people A lot of training and development available, and budget to go to conferences Innovation is encouraged

Cons

Don't really have any major cons

Pros

A lot of different technologies, Linux, Unix, Cassandra, you name it - they use them all.

Cons

I can’t tell any, but must enter at least five words here.

Pros

Innovative company. Works on interesting projects.

Cons

Lack of respect for new potential employees.

Advice to Management

Work on your communication in the HR department.

Pros

Friendly and capable team, plenty of office benefits, good wage, nice office

Cons

Location - Hatfield isn't the nicest city

Pros

I feel so luck I found Ocado Technology by chance. It is truly one of a kind place. The work is interesting and meaningful, the colleagues are nice and smart, the pressure is low, the work-life balance is good, and the pay is great. What else could I ask for?

Cons

I cannot see any, I truly love it

Advice to Management

Keep going, aim high! We can do it!