Decent benefits, but leadership and job are lacking
Pros
- Nice colleagues although most of them are not very talented - Flexible working and excellent work/life balance - Decent package and benefits (Bonus realistically up to 10%, Pension matching at 10% by Scottish Widows, Salary sacrifice nursery costs by YellowNest, Health cash plan by Westfield, Health Insurance by Vitality, Life Insurance 4x by Canada life, 25 days of holidays + 2 personal days + 4-5 days Christmas break, Sabbatical after 4 years with extra bonus, work from abroad up to 40 days, free food once per week in the office and a few more.)
Cons
- Boring job, boring low-tech company, not very talented workforce - Absolutely incompetent leaders except the CTO, but not sure how much he can influence the rest of the boys club. - The founder is fairly smart, but he is a megalomaniac "Jeff-Bezos-wannabe", and unfortunately he prefers to surround himself with yes-people and those who pretend to be loud and on his side, rather than those that are humble, skilled, and who are not afraid to give constructive criticism. - Extremely short-sighted leadership, with a myopic 3-months horizon. It's impossible to innovate or build complex products that require cross-functional coordination and long-term program management. - Overall, the company is profitable due to the iGaming sector, not because it's a good company. There is a lot of money in online gambling and Legend was early in the game, so they have established 1 product that pays for the whole company. The only real growth comes from acquisitions, not from its own products. Other than that, the company is failing across the board. It's a miracle that it got acquired (or they oversold its capabilities).
