Vantaggi
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Svantaggi
Place is a total meat grinder. I was employee #80000 (employee IDs are sequential). There were 8k employees when I joined. You do the math on the turnover. People are constantly getting fired, leaving, and new people coming in. My boss was so used to turnover that he didn’t even bother mentioning I was a new joiner in our calls. He just rattled off a few names of people I should meet, and I had to reach out to introduce myself to everyone. Most talented product person I ever worked with (met at a job after) was fired from Revolut after 3 months. I talked to someone else who joined at the same time, and when I said I was considering quitting, he said he was too. They absolutely rip through product people. There is no such thing as trust at this company. There is a team whose entire job is to validate KPIs that each team sets, to ensure they are not lying. You join and are required to complete weeks of trainings. This is because they have had so many issues internally with things like fraud, that they need proof that you know the laws. To blame you if something goes wrong. “Culture of transparency” means you can see monthly ratings of your manager and ratings of your peers. While my boss was rated 3.5/5, the others with open roles were 3.4 or below. You can also see open roles, but cannot change teams until 6 months at the company (sounds like a little, but even 1 month was terrible for my mental health). Leadership is made up of bullies. As a product manager, your group will have two meetings a week with the CEO (exciting right?). One to present your Jira tickets, one to present new designs. If anyone says anything, it’s negative. You want silence during your presentation. If anyone says anything, you will need to rework your entire backlog. My boss was the biggest jerk I’ve ever met. He insulted the city where I lived in our first meeting (“why would you live there?”) and constantly yelled at me (we barely knew each other). Despite that, he told me he was sad when I told him I was leaving. I understand why. His life was Revolut. His calendar was filled with 15 minute meetings 7:30am to 8pm. No time to even use the bathroom. I knew on week 1 that I would leave and was gone within less than 3 months.
