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      Outdated tech stack - Senior Software Engineer Octopus Energy Employee Review

      2.0
      14 Aug 2023
      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      People are generally nice and friendly. Company culture and mission is good

      Cons

      Tech stack is outdated and accumulates a lot of tech debt. Spend most of my time in meetings, which isn't very productive. Pay is lower compared to other companies including startups. Also strange that most senior and lead engineers don't know much about architecture...

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      Octopus Energy Response
      2y
      Hi there, Thank you very much for your feedback and we are so pleased you enjoyed working with the people here and towards the mission! Your point around the stack and technical debt is interesting. We do assign time monthly to cleaning up tech debt and introduce new technology. We're always focused on improving our ways of working as we continue to scale. Thanks again for the feedback, it is extremely useful!

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      5.0
      7 Dec 2025
      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      good leave, steady employement, enough lateral movement

      Cons

      lots of politics, people can be nosey, leadership is a good ol boys club

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      1.0
      13 Dec 2025
      Employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Some members of the company are the best people you’ll ever meet.

      Cons

      Genuinely a complete mess. Incompetent, passive aggressive leadership that repeatedly makes both poor and confusing company decisions. I have some absolutely crazy stories from things I’ve witnessed here. There’s things that are so bizarre and dysfunctional, they belong in an alternate reality.

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