downhill fast - Software Engineer GitHub Employee Review

3.0
28 Apr 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-interesting product -nice office -chance to work on open source

Cons

-became very top down corporate after msft acquisition -employees are terrified of corporate master or really into it -over work strongly encouraged -chaotic product planning -company wants to be a monopoly on software development which was just creepy -incompetent and hostile HR

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