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private:constantcommerce
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=1021730
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Oct 13th, 2020 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Constant Commerce
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Designer
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United Kingdom
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GBR
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Trust your employees
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A team of smart, passionate people, working on an exciting problem to solve. Transparency around business activities and decisions.
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All product decisions came from top down gut feelings, which meant the skills and intelligence of all those smart and passionate people weren't used to their full potential, if at all.
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1.0
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2.0
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3.0
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2.0
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3.0
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2.0
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1.0
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1021730
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Open
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Start investing in data and qualitative insights to inform decisions, and trust your employees to make those decisions. However, I'm aware this was a few years ago and things may have changed since.
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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No
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2.0
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Jan 20th, 2021 06:06PM
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Jan 20th, 2021 06:06PM
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Constant Commerce
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private:constantcommerce
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=1021730
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Jun 28th, 2019 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Constant Commerce
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Software Engineer
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United Kingdom
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GBR
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Free fruit n
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- You can leave at the end of the day
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- Promises based on deals and outcomes that are not ethical to promise
- A business strategy (and pivots) based on the CEOs whims and fancies.
- Publicly disparaing colleagues who have left the company, discussing their shortcomings
- a small room for an office (downgrade from our previous multiple floors in the same building
- Delusions of grandeur
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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DISAPPROVE
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5.0
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1.0
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2.0
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1.0
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2.0
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2.0
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1.0
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1021730
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Open
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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Yes
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4.0
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Jan 20th, 2021 06:06PM
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Jan 20th, 2021 06:06PM
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Constant Commerce
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private:constantcommerce
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=1021730
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Jun 20th, 2019 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Constant Commerce
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Software Engineer
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London, England
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Better to avoid in the first place
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Free fruit and water
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Terrible unprofessional management
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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DISAPPROVE
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5.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1021730
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Open
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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No
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1.0
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Jan 20th, 2021 06:06PM
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Jan 20th, 2021 06:06PM
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Constant Commerce
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private:constantcommerce
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=1021730
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Jun 8th, 2019 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Constant Commerce
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United Kingdom
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GBR
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great for first office job
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i guess it was great for a first job out of uni
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where do i begin? it was just all too toxic to even want to stay for an extra day. it was always so quiet you could hear a pin drop. everyone hated everyone. people talked behind each other’s back all the time. not worth the very low salaries!
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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DISAPPROVE
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4.0
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1.0
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5.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1021730
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Open
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0.0
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[]
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No
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No
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2.0
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Jan 20th, 2021 06:06PM
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Jan 20th, 2021 06:06PM
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Constant Commerce
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private:constantcommerce
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=1021730
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Mar 6th, 2019 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Constant Commerce
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Business Development
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London, England
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Unethical Founder
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Met some good people, who I'm still friends with to this day but none of them work there any more.
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The founder - Jonathan, is an unethical, cruel human who emotionally abuses his employees by yelling at them when things have not gone his way. He will stand behind you asking you to make changes, again and again, changing his mind back and forth and then blame you for not meeting deadlines in the end. He has also not paid numerous contractors who have worked for him and just ignores their invoices and calls to chase. He boasts about working long hours and sleeping only a few hours each night and applauds people who would do the same.
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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DISAPPROVE
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7.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1021730
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Open
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0.0
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REGULAR
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No
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No
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1.0
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Jan 20th, 2021 06:06PM
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Jan 20th, 2021 06:06PM
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Constant Commerce
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private:constantcommerce
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=1021730
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Dec 7th, 2017 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Constant Commerce
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PHP Developer
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London, England
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Good startup with potential clients
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Goos startup with lots fresh graduate
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People in team leading position have lack of leading skills
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3.0
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2.0
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0.0
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0.0
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2.0
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0.0
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0.0
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1021730
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Open
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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No
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2.0
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Jan 20th, 2021 06:06PM
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Jan 20th, 2021 06:06PM
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Constant Commerce
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private:constantcommerce
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=1021730
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Oct 10th, 2017 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Constant Commerce
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London, England
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Review from a current employee
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Disclaimer: I still work at Constant Commerce, I've worked here for 2-3 years and a lot of things have changed each year, not just last year. There are a lot of scathing reviews from last year, but I think most people would say a lot of those people were actually listened to.
Personally, I like my job (engineering)
* I like to work somewhere where I get to do/learn different things
* The people here are really cool and very talented
* It's not boring technology
* I get to be involved in the product discussions
* I get ownership of my work
* I don't work unsociable hours - actually to be fair, there's the occasional 'big project', but only in the normal way you get in tech jobs.
* The office is next to Oxford street in London (that's good for me at least, because of the travel links)
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* It's not always clear what you're going to be working on from one month to the next
* There are always lots of new things being built - which is both a good or a bad thing. If you want to put your headphones in and work for months on end on a single project, then that's not what you're going to get here.
* The people are great, but the after-work culture is limited to occasional big blow-outs, which are pretty rare
* The office isn't professionally decorated, but I have to say it’s a lot better than some of the photos from glassdoor taken 2+ years ago
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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4.0
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4.0
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4.0
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2.0
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4.0
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4.0
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4.0
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1021730
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Open
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Flexible hours are great - more WFH would be nice.
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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Yes
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2.0
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Jan 20th, 2021 06:06PM
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Jan 20th, 2021 06:06PM
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Constant Commerce
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private:constantcommerce
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=1021730
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Aug 31st, 2017 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Constant Commerce
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Devops Engineer
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London, England
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A Parting Shot vs The 'Balanced View'
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I'm writing this review two years after I resigned. I've decided to create this review now as I'm suspicious of the positive reviews.
The London office is in a great location. The employees who were not on the board were able to function as both office workers and adults.
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I left as one time I wasn't paid. I wasn't told I wasn't getting paid and at first it wasn't unusual as nearly every month there were people who get their wages late. When I finally asked management about this payment, I was told that even though I had been given a good performance review recently, there were somethings they were not happy about so I wouldn't get paid. I wasn't told what these things were. The weird thing is, this was not a dysfunctional way of firing me, they really expected us to put this behind us and carry on as if nothing had happened.
I can confirm the complaints from the other one star reviews, apart from the racism which may have been happening but I didn't see it.
The micro-management was extreme, once I came in on a weekend to lay cables in the office. I had a phone in one hand and tools in the other so the CEO could make decisions on individual nails from his home.
There were constant complaints about cash flow but the money being spent on salaries was being wasted by low productivity. Productivity was low as the board made really bad decisions on both a large scale and micro-management.
It's worth saying again, all of the bad aspects of working at Constant Commerce sit on the board. Some of them are nice people, but they don't have the ability to run a company. The CEO jumping between being hyper-focused and inattentive without finishing what he starts.
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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9.0
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1.0
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3.0
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1.0
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2.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1021730
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Open
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I wouldn't trust board members with a pet, let alone a company. The level of dysfunctional behavior was staggering. Here's quick list of things I personally observed the board do which they should not be doing:
Criticizing staff and demanding changes in their contract in a public place with no warning.
Putting every username, password and log-in instructions on a public webpage.
Putting every username, password and log-in instructions on a public webpage. That's not a typo' once the passwords and keys had been changed, the /index. html deleted and an explanation of why having our passwords in a search engine was bad - the page went back up with the updated details.
Taking expensive equipment that belongs to staff or the friends of staff then refusing to give it back.
Sending threatening and abusive messages to staff.
After being told by other board members to stop harassing staff, having family members sending threatening and abusive messages.
In public, telling a member of staff to not complain about a months missing wage payments.
Starting renovating a room, including removing the floor, plug sockets and lighting leaving live exposed electrical wires everywhere.
Giving-up renovation so putting staff into the room with exposed electrical live wires and an inappropriate floor.
Replacing a database with millions of text files, before going on Christmas holiday.
Raging quiting a Christmas conference call which was trying to fix the server full of tiny text files as the engineers wouldn't agree that millions of text files were better that a database.
Dropping columns from the live production database, repeatedly.
Running cat5 cables across the stairs.
Paying for staff then having them do a reduced workload for a year as the Board can't get on with any Internet provider.
Opening a sealed cupboard the building owner had banned the company from using; it contained loose white asbestos. Using that cupboard for storage.
Replying to negative reviews on Glassdoor with long monologues that don't address any of the points raised.
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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No
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2.0
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Jan 20th, 2021 06:06PM
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Jan 20th, 2021 06:06PM
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Constant Commerce
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|
|
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private:constantcommerce
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=1021730
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Apr 19th, 2017 12:00AM
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Open
|
Open
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Constant Commerce
|
|
United States
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USA
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It's a solid start up
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Good quality of staff, solid concept, hands on responsibility
What felt like a generous equity scheme
Fast track to senior roles if you push
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Works best if you are a self starter and like to own things
A little stop start on projects (kinda like most start ups I have worked at)
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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|
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3.0
|
4.0
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4.0
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4.0
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5.0
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4.0
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4.0
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1021730
|
Open
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Carry on regardless. Having read the below reviews I was blown away - had to double check we were talking about the same place. Made we write this and I never write things like this. CEO suggestion - stop engaging with these rambles on this site - it makes you look really silly.
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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No
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0.0
|
|
|
|
Jan 20th, 2021 06:06PM
|
Jan 20th, 2021 06:06PM
|
Constant Commerce
|
|
|
|
private:constantcommerce
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=1021730
|
Mar 20th, 2017 12:00AM
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Open
|
Open
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Constant Commerce
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|
London, England
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|
Friendly work environment
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Friendly environment, flexible working hours, good shared values. Good test coverage and clean code. Positive future outlook.
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There have been only a few socialisation activities, even though those we had were really good. Coordination among teams and project planning and management is not always great.
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1.0
|
POSITIVE
|
1.0
|
POSITIVE
|
|
|
5.0
|
4.0
|
5.0
|
4.0
|
4.0
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4.0
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3.0
|
|
1021730
|
Open
|
There has been a high employee turnover also due to lack of communication about the challenges that the business was facing.
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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Yes
|
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4.0
|
|
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Jan 20th, 2021 06:06PM
|
Jan 20th, 2021 06:06PM
|
Constant Commerce
|
|
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