Songtradr Reviews

Pros

- Great engineering team, the people are easy to work with and there are some very talented and knowledgeable people within the team. - Tech stack is modern and developers have the ability to learn other areas of the stack on the job if they wish. - Compensation is good, and company has recently adjusted to keep up with market rate. - The products themselves help independent musicians. If you're passionate about music, it's motivating to work on. - Personal growth days to learn on company time. - Flexible working hours and completely remote. There's an optional office day once every week or two with free meals provided. - Home office equipment is good quality with chairs, desks, monitors and other equipment being provided if required. - Opportunity for growth and promotions if you put the work in.

Cons

- Some retention issues due to product pivots and management deciding to pursue another direction in terms of the approach to delivery of products. - Slow to replace employees who left although this has changed in recent months and it seems there is an active effort to correct this. - While salary and compensation is good, lacking in other areas such benefits compared to other companies in the market. - Not often but sometimes required to juggle responsibilities (e.g - developers helping out with QA) when required if deadlines are approaching - ideally an additional QA would be hired for this.

Pros

Fully remote working. Engineering team are all very good people to work with. Probably the best CI/CD I've ever worked with Compensation was decent

Cons

So much churn, week to week you never had much of an idea what you would be working on as priorities changed constantly. Multiple products were in development for over a year before the plug was finally pulled. In reality none of them should have made it past the white board let alone through multiple releases. Teams were rapidly hired then left as there wasn't any work for them. Change of software stack midway through development Smaller acquisitions ended up dictating the entire direction of the engineering team, none of whom had any experience or from what I can tell desire to manage.

Pros

I do not have any positive experiences to share - think carefully before working for this company.

Cons

No understanding of how to scale a business. No processes and risk & compliance issues lurking under the surface. constant acquisitions with none of the infrastructure to support. Shambolic. Investors, poke into the business titles of the C-Suite - a number of them do not have the experience to hold them, and they follow ridiculous management programs telling them how to run a meeting because they don’t have a clue themselves.

Pros

I loved the people there

Cons

They do not offer paid maternity leave

Pros

Incredible work culture. Team = Family PTO days. Startup benefits. Creative.

Cons

A lot of micromanaging. Tight deadlines.

Pros

A challenge we all face at some point in our business careers is finding a company where we feel appreciated and our voice is heard - a workplace with a gracious culture that challenges our capacity to learn and become even better at who we are and what we do. I recently read, "Often, the purpose of education is not to learn something new, but to learn to think differently about something you already know." Songtradr is filled with imaginative individuals who are ambitious and expertly skilled, respectively, and the transference of knowledge and ideas that exists here is without limit. It feels good getting ready for work every morning knowing I get to work with such an amazing and down-to-earth team.

Cons

Dog day every day, let's vote!

Pros

Songtradr has developed an inclusive culture and community with collaborative and kind team members who aren't afraid to embrace change and face development opportunities. With an all-hands-on-deck mindset and will to do what's good for the company means everyone feels supported and has a sense they are building something great together.

Cons

Some processes and systems are still sorting themselves out but I would hardly call it a con as it's a normal part of rapid growth in a start-up. Songtradr learns from its mistakes and faces challenges and that is why it's able to continue scaling.