Pros
Drinking Water Provided: The company does provide drinking water, although it is occasionally unavailable. Supportive Colleagues: You'll find good colleagues here, as most people stay due to commitments and family responsibilities. The camaraderie among employees can be a positive aspect, even in a challenging work environment.
Cons
Micromanagement: The level of micromanagement is excessive. Even after completing tasks, employees are monitored through systems like Hive Desk, and emails questioning performance are sent if activity levels appear low. It feels like shaking the mouse pointer is more important than the actual work done. Unprofessional Behavior: The CEO often calls employees on weekends to discuss negative opinions about higher-ranking officials and colleagues, creating a toxic work environment. Unrealistic Expectations: The product owner, who lacks experience and was promoted from a internship by the CEO, frequently challenges time estimates provided by leads. This results in unrealistic deadlines, particularly for testing, which sometimes requires more time than development. Probation Policies: Even after successfully completing the initial probation period, employees are placed back on probation for three months every time they receive a promotion. This policy applies to every position change, creating unnecessary stress. Inadequate Training for Interns: Interns are hired, given one week of training, and then assigned tasks, regardless of their capability to handle them. This is done to satisfy clients and bill for the resource, rather than focusing on quality or proper training. Lack of Employee Support: Management consistently ignores employee concerns. Emails expressing issues are often ignored until the employee decides to resign. Only then does management attempt to retain the employee by offering a salary increase, but only if they are considered a critical resource. Client-Driven Blame: The management views clients as infallible. Even when requirements are documented, approved, and implemented, if the client later claims it was incorrect, the blame is unfairly placed on the QA team rather than addressing the root cause. Poor Leadership: The absence of a proper Business Analyst (BA) lead that the UI/UX person plays that Role, who lacks sufficient experience in software development and never reviews the SRS, ends up making critical decisions, often resulting in poor architectural choices and misguided projects.