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private:yld
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=983668
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Oct 6th, 2020 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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YLD
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Principal Consultant
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London, England, England
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Great company to work for
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Great talent in the company, and care for talent. Care for mental health of the employees.
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It's a consultancy, not all projects are exciting.
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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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1.0
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APPROVE
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1.0
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4.0
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5.0
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5.0
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4.0
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4.0
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4.0
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983668
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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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May 12th, 2021 10:14PM
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May 12th, 2021 10:14PM
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YLD
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private:yld
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=983668
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Aug 26th, 2020 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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YLD
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Principal Software Engineer
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Lisbon
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Great place to work
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I have had the privilege to work in some of the biggest projects in the world, and always surrounded by extraordinary colleagues. I got to use the technology I thought fit the project and do all the phases from architecting to seeing it live. The career allowed me to grow to principal engineer from mid level engineer.
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In some projects clients don't see us as leadership but just as delivery, this makes it hard to deliver good solutions
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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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1.0
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APPROVE
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7.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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983668
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Open
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Good job Fabio keep up the good work
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0.0
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REGULAR
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No
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Yes
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6.0
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May 12th, 2021 10:14PM
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May 12th, 2021 10:14PM
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YLD
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private:yld
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=983668
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Aug 26th, 2020 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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YLD
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Technical Recruiter
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London, England, England
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Great place to work
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Gave me opportunities to grow and change career
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Company was growing too fast, could have used with more structure and processes
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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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1.0
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APPROVE
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7.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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983668
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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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2.0
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May 12th, 2021 10:14PM
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May 12th, 2021 10:14PM
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YLD
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private:yld
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=983668
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Mar 10th, 2020 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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YLD
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Software Engineer
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London, England, England
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Very little incoming work and constant management shuffles
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Nice office space with friendly employees
Good benefits & merch, like fancy Arcteryx jackets
A general aim to deliver good work and not screw clients over
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Tends to promote tenacity over experience, resulting in young people climbing the ladder quickly but ultimately finding themselves in over their heads.
Unable to secure new or interesting work, during my time at the company I spent approximately 8 months without a project.
General lack of direction, the mission statement must have changed 3 times whilst I was working there, and annual off-sites which were meant to unify the vision tended to just display how unprepared the leadership team were.
Lots of reshuffling of management happening pretty much constantly, resulting in a lack of stability and sometimes awkward line manager placements, with engineers in London having line managers in Lisbon.
Trys to be remote first but does not have any infrastructure whatsoever, the London office had 1 portable Jabra and refused to buy anymore due to cost.
Acquired a design team however no one in the leadership knew how to do design work or how to land design projects. That team quickly shrunk from approx 10 people down to 2-3.
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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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0.0
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NO_OPINION
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2.0
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2.0
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4.0
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2.0
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2.0
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3.0
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1.0
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983668
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Open
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Focus on providing a sense of stability and organic growth. The hyper growth of the last few years pretty much destroyed any culture and inflated many peoples ego.
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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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May 12th, 2021 10:14PM
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May 12th, 2021 10:14PM
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YLD
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private:yld
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=983668
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Feb 12th, 2020 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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YLD
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London, England, England
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Disappointing
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Really nice colleagues
Friday lunches
Training budget is of a substantial amount
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No clarity on what is going on within the business, we are always told we will get interesting projects to work on but they never appear? It seems that they struggle to get new business. As a result you can be put onto a project where you add no real value, just to get money in.
People are let go mysteriously with no explanation, no one speaks about it.
People in senior positions with no real experience.
Marketing spend a lot of money on events for the community but this doesn't seem to get us any business, not sure why?
Sexist environment.
No support for junior engineers, let go although we were told they handed their notices in.
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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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2.0
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2.0
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3.0
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1.0
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3.0
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3.0
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1.0
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983668
|
Open
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Be more honest and transparent about what is happening in the company.
People used to believe in YLD and our offering but not anymore. :(
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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
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May 12th, 2021 10:14PM
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May 12th, 2021 10:14PM
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YLD
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private:yld
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=983668
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Feb 8th, 2020 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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YLD
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Excellent place to work
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Great people, great talent
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Can be expected to do a lot more than your job title
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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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1.0
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APPROVE
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7.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
|
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983668
|
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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|
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May 12th, 2021 10:14PM
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May 12th, 2021 10:14PM
|
YLD
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private:yld
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=983668
|
Jan 10th, 2020 12:00AM
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Open
|
Open
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YLD
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Staff Engineer
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Lisbon
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Great engineers, nice perks
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* I managed to work with incredible engineers at YLD in multiple different projects from completely different businesses (Travel, Services/Authentication, News, Sports, Tooling, Health and E-commerce).
* Perks are pretty nice (e.g. hardware budget, maternity/paternity leave, etc), you are allowed to work remotely and usually people are happy to help.
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* Temperature in the Lisbon office!
* People could share more project experiences between each other.
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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0.0
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NEUTRAL
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1.0
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APPROVE
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7.0
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4.0
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5.0
|
4.0
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4.0
|
5.0
|
3.0
|
|
983668
|
Open
|
|
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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4.0
|
|
|
|
May 12th, 2021 10:14PM
|
May 12th, 2021 10:14PM
|
YLD
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|
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private:yld
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=983668
|
Sep 9th, 2019 12:00AM
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Open
|
Open
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YLD
|
Software Engineer
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London, England, England
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Completely changed
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Very talented engineers, free Friday lunch, generous training allowance - although not sure how long these will last.
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A lot of people have quit due to lack of work. Very poor communication from the exec team. No new clients and the existing ones are dead-end. Very minimal support for junior engineers. Boring internal project for engineers not on a client. No bonuses due to lack of funds; however more than happy to pay for offsites abroad. Talented people have been fired, whilst exec team's incompetence is rewarded with expensive Stanford courses.
It's a shame as YLD used to be a great place to work.
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|
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-1.0
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DISAPPROVE
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2.0
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1.0
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0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
|
983668
|
Open
|
|
0.0
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[]
|
REGULAR
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No
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Yes
|
|
2.0
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|
|
|
May 12th, 2021 10:14PM
|
May 12th, 2021 10:14PM
|
YLD
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private:yld
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=983668
|
Sep 7th, 2019 12:00AM
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Open
|
Open
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YLD
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Software Engineer()
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London, England, England
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An absolute shadow of its former self
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- Engineers are truly world class, coming from impressive backgrounds and having lots of amazing knowledge
- £2K training budget and subsidised Friday lunches
- Organises some amazing conferences
- The company used to have an excellent atmosphere and a positive attitude
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- No growth strategy. The company lost many talented people in 2019 without hiring anyone new
- No new business. Despite YLD's impressive partnerships we've only scored a couple of new engagements this year, none of which have lasted beyond 3 months
- Terrible existing clients. While one or two are interesting, a lot of businesses engage with us solely because they can't hire anyone to work on their broken solutions or legacy stack
- No growth. Just do whatever we need to help us survive
- Trigger happy firings. Amazing leaders have been told to leave after being blamed for lack of business
- Good people are leaving. I've been told the company no longer has a CTO
- No transparency in communication. Lots of news spreads through the grape vine
- No bonuses this summer, although the exec team is sent on Stanford training courses
- Poor support for junior engineers
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-1.0
|
NEGATIVE
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-1.0
|
NEGATIVE
|
-1.0
|
DISAPPROVE
|
0.0
|
1.0
|
3.0
|
2.0
|
1.0
|
4.0
|
1.0
|
|
983668
|
Open
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Pull it all down and start again. This isn't sustainable at all. You're only damaging your own reputation here
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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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|
|
|
May 12th, 2021 10:14PM
|
May 12th, 2021 10:14PM
|
YLD
|
|
|
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private:yld
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=983668
|
Aug 26th, 2019 12:00AM
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Open
|
Open
|
YLD
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Senior Software Engineer
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London, England, England
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It used to be a great company
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It used to be a great company. Budget for development. Free meals.
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YLD has changed. They no longer care about people. There are no more bonuses despite of YLD management always saying they make big profits. No opportunities to grow.
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-1.0
|
NEGATIVE
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-1.0
|
NEGATIVE
|
-1.0
|
DISAPPROVE
|
4.0
|
1.0
|
4.0
|
1.0
|
2.0
|
3.0
|
1.0
|
|
983668
|
Open
|
Change your management.
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0.0
|
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REGULAR
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
2.0
|
|
|
|
May 12th, 2021 10:14PM
|
May 12th, 2021 10:14PM
|
YLD
|
|
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