Amity Reviews

[1]. ineffective management, amount of managers probably even higher than developers amount. Many implemented solutions, which were previously approved by managers and on which I personally spent a lot of time implementing the code, have been decided to be rolled back by the same managers. The managers are portraying activity. Also management do nothing to make work conditions attractive for good developers. [2]. a lot of "required" meetings without clear purpose [3]. very low salary / very low bonus (1 yearly bonus)/very low benefits (according to company contract any benefit can be just removed) [4]. no career opportunities [5]. bureaucracy disorder: immigration department representative with her immediate supervisor were trying to set me up when they were processing the visa/work permit closure. They were trying to close the visa before my departure date (flight tickets I bought in advance, two months prior). [6]. contract mess: company representative announced to me that there is no bureaucracy in the company, so I signed only one small document at my first day in company. But after two (!!!!!) years of working there, I finally received the contract and was faced with the fact that I had to sign it as is. Contract is pretty bad, I would never sign it if I would know about it before. This contract is more about company denial of responsibility towards the employees and do not provides any guarantees to employee as well. I was forced to sign it as is. [7]. boring tasks [8]. high turnover (90% of my team left the company, instead of developers they hired a lot of managers, why need so much managers ???) [9]. the working conditions in the office are inconvenient. The company provides a small MacBook that is uncomfortable to work with and doesn't offer a detachable keyboard and mouse (personally my MacBook was old with broken native keyboard). Additionally, there is loud music periodically played in the office, which significantly distracts from work and prevents focusing on tasks. Furthermore, office attendance is mandatory for one week per month (office week). [10] The company's product (EkoApp), which is mandatory to use for communication, is quite underdeveloped and buggy. The department responsible for this product ignores bug reports and, in fact, they are reinventing the wheel instead of leveraging the experience of similar apps like Slack, Discord, etc. Personally, I feel like this product was developed as a form of punishment. [11] Quite often, developers receive tasks from other managers, in addition to the tasks already assigned in the current sprint, without prior consultation with their direct manager to assess the developer's workload in the current sprint. It seems like these managers are unfamiliar with project management methodologies

- Worked 2.5 years remotely. The manager persuaded me to come and work from Bangkok. I arrived, the next day I was told that I would be fired. - They promised to reimburse $1,500 for my expenses for relocating me and my family to Bangkok. As a result, they deducted income tax (income on the reimbursement of expenses that I incurred, what the hell?) + paid me at the baht / dollar rate a month ago. As a result, I received $1000 instead of the promised 1500%. I spent $2,000 on the flight, not to mention other expenses. - The CEO only dreams of the company's IPO. Over the past year, company has been splitted 2 times, all in order to bring newly created companies to IPOs. It smells. - CTO is another petty tyrant. Working in this company you will have 0 opportunities to prove yourself. All decisions are made by management, you cannot influence them, you just need to implement what they told you. If their decisions are bad, even on the technical side, for which you as a technical specialist are responsible, you will be to blame for this, and not those who made this decision and forbade objecting to it. - Several other people were fired with me, whose work was visible. Inside, they all had the courage to say that the decisions of the leadership are not the best. Only the talking heads remained. - My salary was 100k baht. Then they threw 20k butt for those leadership. Paying extra for those leads is not worth it, too much headache for so little money. - My co-workers doing the same were getting between 30k and 60k. - Salary indexation - once I was indexed by 1% or something like that. - The company is extremely greedy. You come to the team building, which are arranged during the office week, and pay some extra 100-200 baht for the event. - Periodically, some "important people" come. You must attend such events. It got ridiculous that lists were compiled of who would go / would not go. Who did not come should explain himself. Maybe you need to invite people who are interesting to your employees? Organize events that are of interest to your employees? - Opportunities for growth in technical terms are very limited. If you are a savvy specialist, find yourself something better and don't waste your time.