Not a company you want to be part of - werkgeversreview Developer bij BulbThings

1,0
1 mei 2017
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- Workplace is not so bad. Located in North Greenwich, the area seems to be growing fast in regards of new technologies with startups all around the place. Offices are near the O2 stadium and Greenwich Park. - As a Londoner, remote work is allowed (since half of the team members are based out of the UK) so you don't have to commute every day. - People were kind and helpful with each other. Social interactions were made easy by a the daily meeting we had but also the out of working hours drinking session we used to have between colleagues. Some of whom I'm glad to still be in touch with.

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- As a tech company, it has started with a poor codebase and very low consideration of best practises. The CTO is a ghost that hardly showed up even during the critical moment I experienced while I was there. His presence has improved while we started to get little money but well ... it tells a lot on his motivation and relevancy. - Working crazy hours for virtually nothing as the platform never got traction eventually. Paying for acquiring one user at a time through Google or Linkedin app is not what I call having traction. I won't elaborate on business side of things though, I let this part on other potential reviewers. - Stressful environment caused by a manager/boss that put you under extensive pressure the day before a "release" or during server failure itself caused by lacking development time. I'm pretty sure any developers could testify on this one. - The bosses are dishonests and never hesitate to lure people with more perks and other benefits. I've even been promised a month bonus for having not been paid during more than a month. I'm still waiting for it. (Well not true ... I actually gave up thinking I would get a single penny).

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5,0
14 jun 2026
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Customers like the product and because our support team is globally distributed, we don't have to work brutal overnight shifts. Also, the engineering team is incredibly responsive to customer feedback which makes my job easier. If a client spots a bug or needs an AI feature tweak, it’s often fixed in the next sprint. I like that we have a direct line to the product managers via Slack. If a customer hits a major bug, I can flag it instantly and see it patched within hours.

Minpunten

Honestly I don't have much to say, there are always things a team can improve but we are quite agile and and I believe we are heading in the right direction with the product.

5,0
13 jun 2026
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I get to collaborate with incredibly smart developers and LLM engineers globally. The internal knowledge sharing is phenomenal. The code is very well documented and maintained because it is mandatory to follow code simplicity and optimisation rules. This made it easy for me to get started and ship features. It also helped me improve my coding skills.There is no micro-management: Because we are fully remote, trust is the default. You are judged strictly on your output and the elegance of your code, not butt-in-seat time, which I am totally fine with. Which brings me to the previous negative reviews I noticed here. I find them very unfair because when hiring, the co-founders are clear and upfront about what you can expect (pros and cons) when working here and who they are the best fit for. Second, these reviews are from some freelancers who were hired to help with exceptional overload but were very bad at their job, got fired or gave up. I actually saw the code, PR reviews and attended all the meetings.

Minpunten

It's a feature-rich platform so I find the learning curve to be steeper on the functional side (i.e product features) than it is on the code side.

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