Bad Software and Phony Culture - Software Engineer Stord Employee Review

2.0
12 Feb 2024
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Pros

Getting paid is nice. The backend codebase is in Elixir. There are a few good engineering managers on the OMS team. Most people are good humans.

Cons

The software is brittle. Their customers needed a few simple CRUD application, which could be maintained by a handful of good engineers. Unfortunately, they raised a lot of money during the pandemic when VCs were sweet on supply chain startups. They used the money to hire a lot engineers and built a faulty and Byzantine micro services system. Several of the engineers they hired were very good and/or well-respected in the Elixir community. Almost all of those people left the company because upper management didn't heed their warnings that recklessly adding questionable features on top of a bad foundation was a recipe for disaster. Most of the remaining engineers will implement whatever new features the leaders dream up to land a customer, but in doing so they often break existing behavior and make the system harder to maintain. Management has begun firing anyone who raises concerns about architectural decisions or expresses doubt about the long-term viability of the software. Working the support engineering shift here will make you feel terrible. One of the high ranking engineers has a toxic reputation in the Elixir community. You may have to work closely with this person.

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5.0
9 Jan 2026
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Pros

The management team is supportive, approachable, and genuinely invested in employee success. The culture is collaborative, inclusive, and encourages open communication at all levels. My colleagues are talented, motivated, and always willing to collaborate. Overall, it’s a place where you feel valued, challenged, and inspired to grow.

Cons

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4.0
11 May 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Full of warm and wickedly talented people. Powerful platform and valuable product offering to the market. Employees are empowered to act. Bias toward action drives the incredible pace at which the organization moves. Great opportunities to make an impact.

Cons

Work/life balance needs major improvement. Oversaturated workloads driving many employees (tenured and new alike) to burnout. Lacks the controls and checks needed in order to take on so much, and seek to deliver so quickly. Speed of the organization is great for progress and delivery, but running so fast leads to a lot of "falling down"....Quality must be there for the speed to be as valuable. Customer-obsessed culture lacks strong, strategic management of customers. Everything is an emergency (which means nothing is an emergency). Compensation needs improvement to be more competitive with the market.

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