Appsilon Reviews

4.5

89% would recommend to a friend

(25 total reviews)

Filip Stachura

87% approve of CEO

79% positive business outlook

Appsilon has an employee rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars, based on 25 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Appsilon employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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25 reviews
5.0
17 May 2023
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Pros

Appsilon has provided me with an enriching experience that has significantly enhanced my skills as a developer, surpassing my own awareness of personal growth. The company's culture inherently fosters professional development by offering opportunities to collaborate with seasoned developers, engage in a diverse range of projects spanning various domains, and genuinely values individual perspectives and identities. The level of support and generosity exhibited by the organization is truly commendable. At Appsilon, each developer is assigned a dedicated Engineering Manager whose primary focus revolves around fostering growth and ensuring well-being. Working at Appsilon grants you membership to one of the most pioneering companies in the R/Shiny space, allowing you to establish a reputation within the community by actively engaging with it. Moreover, the company organizes numerous events and avenues for lateral growth, including regular blog posts, a highly active bench (unlike any other in this industry), open-source contributions, ShinyConf, and Data4Good, as well as new initiatives. Additionally, there is an annual retreat where employees are flown in from different locations to connect, fostering a week filled with both work and enjoyment. Should you be receptive to it, Appsilon offers limitless opportunities for personal and professional growth, ensuring your peace of mind along the way. The work-life balance at this organization is exceptional, with unparalleled flexibility on most days.

Cons

While the compensation at Appsilon is pretty-much consistent for all employees at the same level, it is essential to consider how it aligns with the cost of living in different countries. This is not a con but may make or break your decision. The salaries could be slightly higher, but the benefits cover some of that.

3.0
16 May 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Will focus on developer's experience. A lot depends on your background and what you expect from your employer. If you're starting your career and you're open for learning and trying a lot of different things, Appsilon may be a great place to learn, meet other people and see their way of doing projects. - great employees to work with and learn from - great open-source projects and contributions - Data4Good program (ecology and similar projects, main goal is to do something good for the world) - work-life balance - development budget + learning days you can use for training - lots of different projects (if you like changing projects) - many opportunities to lead projects

Cons

However, if you aim to mostly focus on coding only, this is may be not a good fit. They also have some other general problems. For devs: - mind that this is a software house so expect some bench time between the projects. I personally don't mind but not everybody like it - there's a lot of writing blog posts instead of coding and some people don't really like it - as a developer, you're expected to lead projects. Leading can mean being a dev + project owner and/or technical supervisor. They don't mention it being a requirement during recruitment process at all. So if you want to learn handling projects, then it's great, if not then this may not be a place for you - this is minor but can be irritating: developers are often treated as resources and not like people. Expect being informed about your projects as the last person. Often your peers know where you'll be assigned before you - the pay is not that great. Of course, it depends on where you live. Still, if you're a lead it doesn't affect your salary and you're usually required to do it. This may be important for some people In general: - higher management tends to micromanage (not all of them thankfully). To be fair, they improved it significantly already, but this still sometimes happen. Not going to influence regular developers, but can be important if you're considering other departments or being a manager - they say a lot about DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion) being important, but not much real work is done to improve the culture. If it's important for you or if you're from underrepresented groups, think twice before joining. It's not the worst it could be but also not really great and it seems there's very little interest in HR to improve things outside of creating slides and employer branding

5.0
24 Apr 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Appsilon is a really fun company to work for. The projects that they are a part of are very motivating and the people within the teams are always top notch. The company culture is super supportive and being able to work fully remotely is such a huge pro. I would highly recommend working here.

Cons

The only con I can think of are the salaries, they are a bit low but worth it for me when considering the types of projects you can be involved in.

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