Pros
- A lot of different projects with various clients, every single one is different and you can learn a lot. - At the time I worked there there was a certain level of cultural fit that was required to join and I could feel it in mostly all the people I worked with - friendly, helpful and open-minded people. - Remote-first approach was great perk, there was no restriction on working remotely or abroad. - I liked career paths and processes that clearly explained to you what are the requirements to get promoted. I found it a bit unfair when compared PMs to engineers (it seems that it was easier to get promotion when you are engineer, and demands for promotion for PMs were pretty high). I do realise after years that Netguru was the only company that had it so clearly defined, none of my other employers had it defined so clearly.
Cons
- For Project managers you could have few projects assigned at a time which required a lot of focus switching and juggling between different teams. - Some projects were pretty much about just developing an app, or feature, or simply outsourcing. It is hard both for PMs and engineers cause we have ambition to build meaningful products and have real impact on how things are being built and with some clients there was no way to speak up - your task was simply to write the code. Similar to being a product manager / owner: you don't always get to actually impact the product and get the trust when you are an "external". Maybe it's not the case for other projects, but in my case it was like this. - Transparency and direction of the company has changed during last few years. One of the reasons is change of CEO, but also post-covid financial troubles caused Netguru to fire many many people which was very sad.