Great place for well-rounded designers - Product Designer Atelier Technology Employee Review

Have you ever changed your field of research completely? If the answer is yes, you might agree that the pros and cons for different types of roles differ, and saying that is a complete truth. I've been working for the company for more than three years and have witnessed different stages of growth. However, I have to admit that it was always about going forward instead than making business manoeuvres in different directions. Therefore I am ready to name the first of the pros I found working for Atelier Technology - solid company strategy. The second would be the company culture - even though employees must still accept and embed the values into our daily routine. These values are defined, and they are just an outcome of the people that form this company. The third and leading for me is the knowledge I can gain from working with colleagues from different parts of the world. Some additional benefits worthy of mentioning here: -Fully remote company; -Annual work-from-home and learning budgets; -Reasonable time off allowance respecting all national holidays wherever you are.

Are there any cons to working for Atelier Technology - yes, and the first would be you have to work. But putting the jokes aside, every company has pros and cons. So my list of cons is as follows: -Overtime (but sometimes we have to accept the challenge as this is highly rewarded); -Management has to cover multiple roles inside the company (I can see the change and appreciate all the challenges the leaders face);

- The salary is good and competitive.

- No salary sacrifice into SIPP, no higher pension match contribution. Even though it would save the business in taxes and national insurance contributions. - Lots of bad decisions in terms of technology, management, hiring, budget and more etc. - The role advertised during interview stages was very different to reality and was essentially just a glorified developer 100% on Jira tickets in Sprint - no actual lead responsibilities, direct reports, or any actual influence in the technical direction of the business. Not enough budget to make any meaningful improvements either. - There are so many things here that could have been improved. I've seen it all before and have a wealth of experience in many sectors and sizes of companies. If I was actually doing tech lead stuff instead of constantly working on bugs with atrocious code quality, bad design practice. Perhaps we'd not be here, but my talents were put to waste in a different role to the one advertised. - There's also a 'rules for thee, none for me' attitude. Some employees can do no wrong apparently and expect others to follow the rules but don't themselves. The senior management is all over the place wearing too many hats. - I have personal time allocated for about 15 minutes in the mornings and most of the time this was never respected. - The Scrum ceremonies need a lot of work and the daily stand-ups take over half an hour - sometimes more. It's like no one here realises what stand-ups are for. Stand-ups should never take more than 15 minutes. Anything else to discuss further should be taken offline. This is one of many feedback from my team received and most of the time the business just doesn't listen or agree. I've done similar lead roles where I scaled up start-ups within budget on the tech side - none of that here though.