Join this company if you need to update your CV, build your portfolio, or bridge to something better. That's the most realistic use of your time here. Most likely, your skills will be used intensively for about a year, and then you'll be let go - often under the guise of restructuring.
Don't expect to grow professionally here. Everything is improvised. There are no real mentors, no structured management, and very few people you could genuinely learn from. The overall level of expertise is weak across most teams, with engineering being the notable exception. The pattern in management (and in some particular teams) is telling: many have been here since the beginning, this is often their first real job, and no fresh perspectives are brought into leadership. The result is a management layer that has never been challenged or developed.
This has been mentioned by multiple people in multiple reviews, so I'll add my voice. The environment under the current CTO is toxic, particularly for women. The pattern is consistent and well-documented: women are systematically pushed out. If you are a woman in tech, think carefully before joining.
Beyond gender dynamics, the CTO's personal management style is based on control rather than trust. Watching colleagues' screens from the corner of the room, tracking website usage, sending threatening messages about standard tools like ChatGPT, this is presented as 'Dutch directness'. It isn't. It's micromanagement dressed up in cultural language, coming directly from the top.
Engagement surveys consistently show burnout, stress, and dissatisfaction with management. Colleagues name the same problems repeatedly. Nothing changes. The company has moved from a large office into a cramped space while leadership maintains publicly that everything is financially healthy. The gap between the external image and the internal reality is significant.