Engenious Design Reviews

- Lack of formal HR department is becoming a major issue as the company grows, COO assumes most HR duties, and anonymity is not guaranteed - Remote work policy was recently adjusted to stricter in-office expectations, blanket policy put in place regardless of role - Blurred lines between roles, especially at the top, is rampant, with several people "wearing multiple hats" which can result in conflicting opinions, power struggles, and micromanagement - Company is constantly starting new projects with a high level of excitement and potential, but the rate of finished projects/products does not keep up - D&I is improving, but not as diverse as the leadership will claim it is - Ambiguous role definitions (associate, staff, senior) and salary bands (consequence of company growth rate and current size, was under the impression these are being defined) - Remote work policy was recently adjusted to stricter in-office expectations, blanket policy put in place regardless of role

- Management puts a high priority on flexibility due to widely varying clients and products, which means many things (processes, roles, deliverables, milestones) are not well defined or standardized, which means things are often not well-organized. - A significant proportion of the team are relatively new to product design (<5 years experience in the industry, or have been through 0 or 1 full product design cycles), which contributes to disorganization and fuzzy or unrealistic expectations of what's needed to get a product to market. - Speed of hitting near-term milestones is often prioritized at the expense of accumulating technical debt and longer-term risks. (Some of this is client-driven, some of it is Engenious' culture.) - Many of the products that Engenious works on never make it to market. There are many reasons for this, and many of them are out of Engenious' control (client-side problems), but it's something to be aware of if you want to build a portfolio of products that actually make it to market. NOTE: Despite the cons above, Engenious does take medical device design and safety seriously and is committed to following regulations and designing safe products. It's the non-medical products that often suffer more from the problems above.