5 Mar 2017
Causecode Technologies Response
9yFirstly thanks for writing the review. I think this will be really helpful to people who are NOT a cultural fit can self-filter themselves.
Clearly, you are disgruntled because things didn't work out. Okay, let us help clarify how much of this is true and fiction.
1. False. One of our employees discovered GlassDoor reviews and encouraged others to write reviews. We don't force people to do anything that is not our culture. In fact one of the first questions we ask in the interview process itself is. What would you like to do/work on? If we have something a candidate is looking for, we only move forward then.
2. False. There is a very structured on boarding process. We first get them used to our technology using a small test project.
3. True but that is what Agile development is. Everything doesn't work like it used to in college. You need to be prepared for things to work differently in the real world.
4. False. We are a small team. It's not as if a CTO of an MNC is reviewing code here. But we have a strong emphasis on code reviews and code quality. Every task is self-reviewed by the developer and one another engineer before getting to the CTO for a final review. This is a good thing. Can't help if your ego was hurt but we are running a professional institution here.
5. This is totally baseless. We encourage people to self-manage their deadlines and tasks. We are a very flat team in terms of hierarchy. There is a good work-life balance. Unlike other offices in India, we encourage people to leave early but have an absolute curfew by 8 PM. There is no one sitting till 10 or 11 just to show how hard they work. And we don't monitor anyone's personal network. Most of the management team members don't even try to connect with people unless they receive an invite first. But if you are going to add someone on LinkedIn they will receive your updates, that is just common sense and NOT us trying to keep tabs.
6. True, we don't have a typical MNC environment where you will get trained in a classroom and copy/paste code that others wrote. We are looking for people who are really fast at picking new things, hungry for growth and have a sound moral compass.
7. False again. There is ample help available but we expect people to be smart here. If something can found out spending a couple of minutes on Google why not. We expect people to be respectful of others time and put some effort to solve problems; if you love being spoon fed and what historical code snippets to copy/paste; this is not the organization for you.
8. No one is in a position to threaten anyone here. There are ample opportunities in the market and we appreciate our team members. We do give feedback when needed to keep improving things.
9. False. It's the opposite before anyone starts on the task we have an implementation discussion where the person doing the task, another team member and the CTO in question discuss things. Come up with a plan and then those implementation discussions are noted by the engineer doing the task before beginning. We put a lot of emphasis on architecture, design, and discussion as this avoids re-work. Everyone in the implementation meeting is encouraged to contribute to the architecture. Again this is not your college project where you decide something and start winging it.
10. People get fired at all levels at all companies. We don't carry dead weight. People who can't figure things out and are slow don't survive here. We are proud to say we have a team of "A" players and we intend to keep it that way.
11. I guess you missed 11
12. There is nothing to not love but after the honeymoon period you have to prove that you are here to solve problems for the team
What you did here is ridiculously unprofessional but good luck to you. I would suggest working on the attitude and having a sense of loyalty to the team that truly took care of you while you were here; if you want to have a successful career.
Unfortunately, you were not a good fit and good luck with your future endeavors.