I can't believe i wasted my time here.. - werkgeversreview Product Designer bij ElasticBox

1,0
25 sep 2015
Aanbevelen
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There have been some awesome people that worked here. Unfortunately many have left or been removed after having to deal with all the cons. CEO is a really nice person to work under. If only she could be supported by a better management team.

Minpunten

There seems to be a lack of co-ordination. When asking valid questions before beginning a feature, those same answers that they answered have suddenly changed and you're told you've implemented things they never asked for. Asking certain people who are meant to be leading teams results in fruitless answers, the simple reply to avoid thinking about the subject is "Let's arrange a call to discuss this" which essentially is a big corporations line for "I don't know what the hell to say, so lets find someone that does". Which is important as communicating between Madrid and San Francisco can be difficult but that bridge seems to have been completely dismantled. There is no innovation. Features are built based on off-hand request from annoyed customers, anything meaningful is pushed to the bottom of the pile. There is also ignorance attached to other emerging technologies. Expect long hours, frustrating conversations and a lack of freedom. If you join and leave you're told you were not a believer, but maybe i just enjoy my sanity and spare time?

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5,0
2 apr 2015
Anonieme werknemer
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A team of hardworking, talented, and dedicated people. Good product that solve real problems in the right market. Good benefit. New management team is proactive and is making a difference.

Minpunten

It's a startup, so it's not for those with unrealistic expectations. The engineering team is in Spain and the time difference means sometimes people have to stay up really late or get up really early to work together when there is an urgent issue.

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1,0
17 dec 2014
Anonieme werknemer
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Engineers - Some really skilled engineers that are really trying to build a good product, although many have since departed The Space - if they could get the product to work it could add some value. DevOps is an exciting area of innovation, that innovation just isn't happening at ElasticBox.

Minpunten

The founders seem to live in a parallel universe where it is OK to completely lie to employees and potential customers. I've never seen such a culture of fear and blame, where employees have no authority, but complete responsibility and the two founders each run the show independently and often contradict each other leaving the employee at a loss as to what to do. There have been multiple rounds of layoffs and multiple complaints filed against the CEO so morale is very low - with all the other great Devops companies out there, I would definitely recommend you look elsewhere. Don't make the same mistake I did

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