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What happened? A tragic and cautionary tale of how NOT to run a business - werkgeversreview Anonieme werknemer bij Codility

1,0

4 apr 2023

Anonieme werknemer

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Goedkeuring directeur

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Salaries have always been good. Overall, people at the IC level were phenomenal to work with. Many leaders at Director/Senior Director/VP levels were encouraging and excellent at helping you in your career growth and progression.

Minpunten

After the 3rd round of "lay-offs" in 9 months - I write it that way intentionally because this round felt like they were cleaning house. There wasn't any rhyme or reason to their decisions on who should go and who should stay. The senior leadership team - especially the CEO during this round, lacked any humanity and seemed to be detached in an incredibly cold way. The values of "We are human, We are real, We take ownership" seem to fall by the wayside when it suits. I had always felt proud to work at Codility. When we closed Series B, I felt like things were on the up. However, the consistent poor decisions on how to spend money made many people fearful for the future. Quite rightly, it turned out. A prime example is when Sales started to decline in 2022, the Execs still flew here, there and everywhere for offsite meetings (on a nearly monthly basis, you had 5 or 6 people flying across the globe until March 2023). Not to mention hiring C-level Execs consistently who come in for a few months whereby they are seen to be the second coming and expected to solve all the problems in the company before they once more fall out of favour and the process is then rinsed and repeated again and again. Another weird choice of spending, the Execs insisted on keeping an entire company offsite in the Dominican Republic. There were almost 200 people brought together (one month after the last round of lay-offs) under the guise of not wanting to lose the deposits that had already been spent - the cost-sunk fallacy seemed to escape the people with the checkbook. Their thoughts of "Let us spend $750k more to avoid losing $100k" seemed idiotic. This again became a clue of what was to come. Less than two months after the global offsite, another almost 40 people lost their jobs. I think Codility's Board must ask themselves if the CEO is fit to take Codility to the next step. Profitability will not be achieved if spending continues as it has. Saying this round of layoffs will be the last is not reasonable or realistic.

Reactie van Codility

I’m deeply sorry for the pain and disappointment that working at Codility has caused you. Over the course of the last 9 months we have indeed done three team reductions. In March 2023 we made an extremely painful decision to restructure our full organization and enter the fastest possible path to profitability. This way we have our future in our own hands, regardless of whether the tech economy rebounds quickly or not. We indeed experienced declining new sales in the second half of 2022. Codility products are used for hiring engineers, and as the tech economy slowed, many current and prospective customers have had hiring freezes and team reductions, which had an impact on us. We have since then focused our go-to-market efforts on sectors in the economy that are less impacted by this downturn, and see positive results in our pipeline. We indeed had a global offsite in January 2023 in the Dominican Republic. This has been two years in the making and the first occasion for the company to get together after the pandemic. In 2022 we had a few executive departures. Not all my executive hiring in the past proved to be correct. I have learned from every hire and mis-hire, improved my process, and have complete confidence in our exec team now. I’m indeed acting Head of Product. This is a temporary solution until we find our next product leader, who we are in active search for. Between 2021 and 2022 our product development process was inefficient. We have been correcting it for the last three quarters and brought focus, innovation, and speed back to how we work in product. Other points in your review are factually incorrect. Further to your point about me lacking humanity and being detached in an incredibly cold way, I’m deeply sorry that this is how I came across to you. This perception can’t be farther from what I was experiencing. As I told personally to all our people that were leaving and all our people that were staying, every single departure was a pain and loss for Codility and a personal pain and loss for me as Codility CEO and Co-Founder. I carry this pain with me.

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5,0

17 jun 2025

Fullstack software engineer

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Goedkeuring directeur

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It’s hard to put into words just how much I enjoy working at Codility. It has given me everything I was looking for - career growth opportunities, a high degree of autonomy and trust, supportive teammates who truly want to collaborate, a competitive salary, great benefits, and the flexibility of a remote work environment with near-complete freedom in how I structure my day. I love that, if I want to focus entirely on coding for the day, I can. If I want to lead and organize - for myself and others - I can. And if I want to understand our customers’ sentiments better, I can simply join the Product team on their next call. This environment might not be for everyone - ownership and coding excellence are expected - but for those who thrive in such conditions, it’s incredibly rewarding. I also appreciate how people are recognized for their achievements and initiative. If you’re someone who values that kind of recognition, this is a place where you’ll feel right at home. I can see myself working here for many years to come.

Minpunten

Since this isn’t an enormous organization (only around 100 people), ownership is relatively easy to discern - and it’s expected. At times, this can be a bit stressful, although managers do everything in their power to help alleviate that pressure. Additionally, given the startup environment, changes in workforce composition and strategic direction aren’t uncommon - especially at the executive level - which can occasionally lead to periods of uncertainty. That said, I’ve yet to see a change that resulted in a net negative outcome. One genuine concern I have is that the career paths and growth criteria are not yet formally defined. This can create uncertainty around when, how, and on what basis to ask for a promotion or a raise. That said, there have been recent efforts to improve this, and progress is underway.

2,0

6 aug 2025

Gtm

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Goedkeuring directeur

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- plenty of work, not boring - in an industry facing interesting challenges

Minpunten

- extremely slow to adopt AI internally and in the product and falling behind as a result - reactive, emotional executives chasing shiny objects - outcome expectations unrealistic/misaligned to resources - losing huge customers mostly down to declining relevance of product offering

Reactie van Codility

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We have reasons to believe that this was submitted by a former GTM employee that has joined competition and intends to use this review in their sales process to discredit Codility. As such, it is factually incorrect. Codility was first to market with AI skills assessments and is pioneering AI native engineering interviews. Our team members across all functions use AI daily. In 2025 we have won several competitive RFPs with world's largest organizations due to our product relevance and superiority.

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