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Guide to Iceland

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Would not recommend. - Software Developer Guide to Iceland Employee Review

1.0
4 Jun 2025
Recommend
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Pros

The experience was eye-opening and made me more cautious and selective in my future job searches.

Cons

Toxic environment with zero respect for employees — stay away I worked at this company for a year, and that was more than enough. The owner is emotionally unstable — frequent outbursts, unpredictable decisions, and aggressive communication are the norm. There is no proper management or planning. Deadlines are completely unrealistic, and any attempt to question them is met with hostility. You're expected to be available 24/7, when you are on shift. Evenings, weekends, holidays — it doesn’t matter. If you're not online, you're treated as if you're slacking off. To make things worse, many highly skilled professionals were let go under the vague excuse of "budget cuts." These were people who were competent, dedicated, and well-liked by the team — which made it even more obvious that the issue wasn’t money, but mismanagement and lack of respect. There’s no professional development, no constructive feedback — only stress, chaos, and burnout. The atmosphere is suffocating. People walk on eggshells every day, afraid of being yelled at or fired for no reason. I wouldn’t recommend this company to anyone. Not even as a first job. It’s simply not worth it — no salary can make up for the psychological toll.

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3.0
22 Feb 2025
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Pros

Great cafeteria and coworkers and realy nice office space.

Cons

The founder uses to much of drugs and is either in realy good mood or crazy, nothing in betwen. Uses public shaming when the results are no to his liking and has usualy 2-3 emploies at the office, he uses as a personal puncing bag. Goes back and forth with decisions and does not let the employes know, but shouts at them for not reading his mind. Throws out all talent that does not agree with all his ideas, surrounds himself with yes people.

1.0
6 Aug 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Tech stack is interesting. Some of the colleagues were good. They helped some of the Ukrainian contractors to immigrate to Iceland when Ukraine was attacked.

Cons

People doing the same job might have vastly different salaries. Nepotism declares who gets what there. Working hard would get your credit stolen by a more senior employee. They preach accountability but only to throw people under the bus, The execs don't take any responsibility when the mistakes are theirs. Some of the employees get around 700k ISK pcm while others get just under 2 million ISK or even more. There was constant fear looming in the team, during my tenure because they would fire 1-2 people every month on the team. The majority owner would threaten people with firing them and have them kicked out of the country because they would no longer sponsor their work visa etc.. Even due to the slightest disagreement. When Ukraine was invaded, the majority owner mandated that the Ukrainan contractors were supposed to keep working to keep their salaries. They say "overtime is a part of the job" and refuse to pay developers extra for literally being on call.

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