Dysfunction Beyond Repair. - Recensione dipendente - Senior Software Engineer presso Promethean World

1,0
1 lug 2016
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

The talent level of the developers and software engineers at Promethean is very high. They have a grueling interview process and strive to hire only the "best" and most compatible with their culture. They prefer to hire people with Type A personalities who are often high-achieving "workaholics." So if you care about your work-life balance, this is definitely not the place for you to work. There is truly a peer-to-peer compassion in which people help each other during the work day.

Svantaggi

Scope Creep. This is single–handedly the worst aspect of this company. If you are used to "Agile" then hold your horses. This is anything but. Management only cares about the quantity of stories, tasks and throughput in which the rate of production is delivered. Quality and actual need for the features being developed are not a primary concern. All urgent timelines are fabricated to consistently push hard with no real consideration to the quality of the delivered product. They prefer to hire people with Type A personalities who are often high-achieving "workaholics." So if you care about your work-life balance, this is definitely not the place for you to work. This often results in "whom-ever talks the loudest wins" syndrome. Please beware! Their entire technology stack is a huge mess. Basically it's a big bowl of “Spaghetti” code that is a result of their pace an desire to move fast. technical debt is a household name. The environment is one big open office floor plan. If you like your work space quiet to any degree, then you will very disappointed and more importantly very distracted. The future of the company doesn't look good. The Net Dragon overlords are pushing in a direction based on faster and not better. The HR department is awful. Very unprofessional.

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5,0
12 gen 2025
Dipendente anonimo
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Management and teams are helpful, caring, and supportive. Everyone is there to help all succeed

Svantaggi

There is nothing at the moment. Feel lucky to work there.

2,0
10 ott 2025
Dipendente anonimo
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Promethean was once a great place to work, driven by a clear mission, strong culture, and people who genuinely cared about education. Collaboration and flexibility made it a company employees were proud to represent. That changed as poor leadership, declining products, and investor-focused decisions eroded everything that made it special. The people and flexibility were the only positives left. My colleagues were talented and dedicated, but even they couldn’t offset the instability and leadership failures that became routine.

Svantaggi

The company has endured several layoffs in just two years, creating constant fear and instability. Employees were repeatedly told the cuts were over, only to see entire teams eliminated without warning. Leadership dismissed feedback from those closest to customers and the market. The once best-in-class product has been reduced to a shell of its former self in pursuit of short-term revenue. Strategy shifts every few months, recognition is nonexistent, and remaining staff are overworked with minimal budget and support. Executives are disconnected and more concerned with control than progress. A company once defined by innovation and purpose now feels directionless and depleted.

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