Not recommended for serious engineering roles - werkgeversreview Senior Software Engineer bij Automattic

1,0
3 aug 2024
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Pluspunten

- Decent benefits for US-based roles that align with international standard minimums - Remote work environment, asynchronous for some support roles, with the expectation of 24/7 availability for most other roles

Minpunten

- Product leadership is completely absent. Product teams are literally led by engineering and infrastructure roles, naturally resulting in hostile product offerings with poor performance that users hate. - Zero job security. Entire teams just disappear overnight without explanation. - Lots of technological dead ends. Absolutely no innovation. Internal tools look and feel like they’re from 2014. External-facing tech using PHP + Javascript is just barely keeping up with competition – the primary product strategy is just to “be better than Vercel.” - A tremendous amount of unleveraged overhead roles in HR, Leadership, and Developer Experience, all contributing to broken internal processes for hiring, feedback, and compensation. For ICs in engineering, these roles heavily restrict any meaningful agency and impact. - American-centric “work harder, not smarter” SV grind culture still exists. More hours === more productivity. For foreign labor markets, local labor laws protecting working hours and hours per week are written out of contracts entirely. - Very long hours for high-level engineering roles. No room for agency or impact beyond just fixing bugs in code from others that have been let go before you. - Anti-inclusive: DEI candidates, seriously: do not waste your time. Your experience will be painful. Just say 'yikes' and move on.

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5,0
23 apr 2026
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Pluspunten

Thorough and thoughtful onboarding process. Super supportive coworkers. The vast amount of resources to learn is second to none. Leads and mentors proactively check in and offer support constantly. Diversity and inclusion is amazing.

Minpunten

I do not have any cons at this time.

1,0
15 apr 2026
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Pluspunten

It's a fairly easy place to hide and rake in money if you can talk a good game. The CEO is easily influenced by the Chief People Officer, so if you can stay on her good side, you are on the gravy train. Benefits are good.

Minpunten

The CEO will threaten the workplace with being replaced by AI because he doesn't have a clue what he's doing or how to influence people. The CEO will start bizarre fights with customers on Twitter and will expose their details. It's a distracting place to work and everyone that has stayed here is on edge about losing their job any day of the week. They are not doing anything innovative and it's a dying product. You can tell this by the distinct lack of investment. I get paid very well, but that's only because I have the Chief People Officer onside. Salary increases are random and there is zero transparency. The CEO also has weird and inappropriate relationships with some staff. He bought the Chief People Officer a $10,000 chair and that person now makes jokes about holding it against him if he tries to fire her. This is one example of many, of the complete unprofessionalism all round.

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