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      Amazing start-up for recently graduated engineers - Machine Learning Engineer Freyda Employee Review

      2.0
      25 Apr 2022
      Machine learning engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      The technical team is extremely accomplished and provides the best training for software engineering best practices. Project management is flexible enough to allow innovation but rigorous enough to guarantee consistent and audit-able output. Anyone is welcome to reach out to anyone regardless of the individual's specialty. Cross-pollination is a major benefit. Responsive leadership that pays great attention to employee's feedback.

      Cons

      Fewer days of annual leave than the average company. Short notice period but the amount of work associated with longer notice period is expected. As opposed to a gradually reduced workload typical for staff on notice period, the workload increases instead. Company equipment is shipped to door but the employee is held responsible for returning it her/himself. Employee with no work authorization is required to fully cover her/his own cost of obtaining such work authorization. Machiavellian attitude of the leadership that U-turns on employee who decides to move on to a different opportunity.

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      Freyda Response
      3y
      Thank you for sharing your feedback on Glassdoor. We appreciate your positive comments about the technical team and project management, as well as the open and responsive leadership. In terms of the cons you've mentioned, we're sorry to hear that our annual leave policy and notice period are not to your satisfaction. We understand the importance of a healthy work-life balance and will take your feedback into consideration as we review and update our policies. Regarding the other concerns you mentioned, we are constantly working to improve our employee experience and make necessary adjustments. We always ensure that any employee expenses relating to their role are refunded as soon as possible. We will make sure to review the policy regarding company equipment to ensure that they are fair and transparent. Finally, we agree that investing in our employees' personal and emotional well-being is important, and we will continue to prioritise this aspect of our culture. Thank you again for your feedback, and we wish you all the best with next chapter.

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      5.0
      29 Sept 2022
      Full stack software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      - Management is very good. They are understanding and can take feedback. - Company is still in early stages so there is a lot of room for self-improvement and contributing to decisions. - People are friendly, there is no "blaming-culture", if something fails, we look at what went wrong and what we can learn from it rather than pointing fingers. - Actually good usage of agile methodology where the team contributes to choosing what can be achieved in a sprint. - Relies on trust, no performance monitoring shenanigans. - Relatively flexible hours (9-5, but no hard requirement to be always available between those times). - Remote working (meetups once every week-ish in Science Park if you are based in Exeter, but they are not compulsory) - Honestly a cool project with a lot to learn from.

      Cons

      - Being a startup means that your work will be needed so you might feel some pressure to finish it (no unrealistic deadlines though). - Remote working means the team is spread throughout the country, however the company still tries to get everyone together from time to time. - You get a small dell laptop, which is good if you want to work from a coffee shop for example, however you might need to already have a work setup to feel like you can be as productive as possible. - Not a lot of benefits apart from legal holiday requirement.

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      5.0
      26 Jan 2022
      Full stack developer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      * Small, super-friendly team with a diverse range of skills * Focussed product goals for a technologically compelling business problem * Strong emphasis on work/life balance with very little overtime * Autonomy on technology and product implementation decisions * A mature tech stack and dev-ops pipeline allowing for enjoyable day-to-day feature development with little firefighting * Employee welfare (was very pleasantly surprised to receive a birthday cake!) * Flexible work hours

      Cons

      * Predominantly remote work without a dedicated office (though regular in-person meetings -- pandemics permitting) * PDF wrangling can be a complexity kraken

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