Dictatorship - Software Developer PayFast Employee Review

1.0
15 Oct 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

You get a salary every month

Cons

In the last few months we worked ourselves to death, 7 days a week, and on public holidays. At least we get paid overtime. It is not sustainable, and the pressure comes from Network International, which is basically a dictatorship. They dictate to us to be in the office full-time. Myself and many other devs are now looking for jobs since we have PTSD and no-one works full-time in the office in this day and age!

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3.0
17 Jan 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Fair compensation and benefits. Ability learn and grow if you work well under pressure.

Cons

Constant change with poor communication.

1.0
12 Sept 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great people to work with. PayFast used to be an amazing company to work for but after key people left and was bought over 3 times it has no resemblance of what it once was.

Cons

Management lacks transparency (say's one thing but does another), blames developers for poor planning and delivery (where devs was not part of or not listened to by management/product), lack of professionalism, lack of vision, lack of trust and lack of overall incentive. I could go on and on.

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