I ran away - Recensione dipendente - Dipendente anonimo presso BulbThings

1,0
30 lug 2017
Dipendente anonimo
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

- Working remote - Huge platform with a lot of technical challenges

Svantaggi

- Horrible work-life balance. Everything has to be done for yesterday, always in a rush, always extra hours, sometimes even nights. Management expectations are out of reality for what could be a good product. This creates massive technical debt that is never paid, and affects productivity. - Clients is only priority. Above employees, above the product. This, ironically, creates bad products for your clients. - Infrastructure security or efficiency is never important, just get it done. This can create scalability or worse (security breach) problems in the future. Management does not seem to care about any future for the company. - Old school management. No understanding of how technology works. No talent retainment, every developer is the same, dispensable, interchangeable. No understanding of Agile, no understanding of the importance of refactor or paying technical debt. No understanding that less hours and more motivation and freedom gives productivity, not long hours, frustration, shortcuts and threatening with consequences if deadlines are not met. - Expectations are unrealistic, being the employees the ones to pay when those are not accomplished.

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5,0
22 mag 2026
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

I was looking for a fully remote role, so I was really glad to get hired here! The work is super interesting because the business objectives are clear to everyone on the team. What really struck me was the communication style in meetings: anyone can participate, and there are no stupid questions. Complex topics are always explained in simple terms so everyone is on the same page and fully understand their part in the plan. I’ve learned so much working with such high-caliber teammates and global customers. Also, half the team is French, so expect some heated debates and a lot of food discussions! lol

Svantaggi

It would be great to meet in person more often. You'll lots of autonomy but don't get fooled by it: ultimately they only keep people who overdeliver or contribute directly to growth which creates some pressure. I love the challenge but it might not be for everyone.

5,0
22 mag 2026
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Tech stack is cool but the team is extremely customer focused. No techies here, every developer gets deep training on the product and its features and are asked to consider UX when developing new features. Clearly pro-AI culture: LLMs are accepted and treated with the same caution used with "junior devs" meaning they still have the responsbility to code review and optimize code produced by LLM. Some developers might struggle with this but I believe it leads to better quality products. Work-life is reasonable, with the occasional crunchtime you would expect at a growing AI SaaS. SO plan is a big plus.

Svantaggi

Don't believe the negative comments, they are from freelancers that did a very poor job or completely failed their mission but somehow still expected to get paid. Considering the team is fully remote people should understand that tangible results are expected from their work. If you are an experienced engineer who know their craft I believe you'll enjoy the autonomy and business transparency.

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