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      Circles Reviews

      3.0

      49% would recommend to a friend

      (546 total reviews)
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      Rameez Ansar

      50% approve of CEO

      44% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.2

      Compensation and benefits

      3.0

      Career opportunities

      2.9

      Diversity and inclusion

      2.7

      Culture and values

      2.7

      Work/Life balance

      2.5

      Senior management

      Circles has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 546 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Circles employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Telecommunications industry (3.6 stars).

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      546 reviews
      1.0
      5 Jan 2023

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      Software developer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      good project to learn but management is not good

      Cons

      1. No worklife balance , have to login early morning 2. will give tasks at the end of the day and ask to completed by tomorrow which disturb personal life 3. short time lines 4. continue followups and irritating questions 5. no respect for employees 6. lots of micromanagements

      1.0
      30 May 2020

      Pathetic Company to work for

      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      1) Less work. People do try to follow 9am-5pm schedule 2) Good compensation 3) Business trips to Singapore

      Cons

      1) Company has a lost vision 2) Peers are pretty much average from local colleges 3) The biggest issue with this company is the senior management. They can fire you anyday without giving any prior notice or warning. They will take you to a meeting room and will ask to submit your laptop and leave immediately. Such is the unprofessional behaviour of the management. And it was happening for people from entry level to Director level. 4) I was part of the Bengaluru office which had about 35 employees when I joined. During my tenure of 3 months, I saw about 10 people quitting themselves and 15 people getting fired. I was not any of the fired ones, but I quit myself seeing the unstable nature of this company. Nobody was sure what is going to happen next. 5) During my tenure I also saw office boys and talent acquisition people getting fired. It was like nobody was spared. 6) Looks like they were planning to close off the Bengaluru office, but the way it was done was terrible. 7) All this started happening after the new CTO joined the company. Any questions related to firing were termed as organisational changes. Really a bad CTO from my perspective. 8) Overall they had a very buggy system in place, where even monthly bills of customers had huge errors reported every month.

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      Circles Response
      6y
      Hi There, Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts. We are sorry that your experience here at Circles.Life was less than great. We hear your concerns and would like to address a few of your points below. The leadership team is fully committed to making informed decisions, though perhaps we could be more communicative about the work that goes on in the background. It is our top priority to shape a great place to work for all Circles.Lifers, which includes listening to your needs and ideas. Nonetheless, we thank you for your contribution to Circles.Life's journey and wish you all the best in your future.
      1.0
      22 Aug 2019

      Dont believe anything that the company or HR or management says

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      1. Start up culture, no concrete process 2. No normalization 3. Will get to experience what a back office is in name of full fledged development center

      Cons

      1. HR deceives in terms of stocks and salary. 2. No clear vision of the management for India Center 3. Development teams get work like support team for Singapore office 4. Micromanagement till the core

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      Circles Response
      6y
      Hi there Circles.Lifer! Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us, we do see where you are coming from. We would like to emphasize that our twin R&D center in Bangalore is of utmost importance to our business and we are extremely proud of our Circles.Lifers who have contributed to our growth and success. As we undergo rapid expansion across several countries, we try to minimize communication problems by providing weekly Monday Meetings with all teams. This is so that international offices are all updated and in sync. We are also working on improving cross-border processes that could help to improve our workflow as an international team. To address your concern regarding stock options and salary, we recently began rolling out internal communications to clarify the protocol and address Circles.Lifers’ concerns. We hope you will join in the sharing sessions that have been allocated to your team or department. Do keep an eye out for the calendar invite in your inbox. Please reach out to your manager or HRBP for assistance if you require additional support. We're here to help! We’re also happy to address any other grievances/concerns you may have at talent-network@circles.asia. Once again, thank you for writing a review.
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