Where to begin. First of all, the office is terrible. I don't know what they were thinking. Maybe they weren't
expecting someone to quit every second week so that they could actually fill the place. Leadership pretty much doesn't exist
in the leadership team.
It's amusing how dysfunctional the development team is. Keep selling the lie that things are
advanced and developers are lucky to work there. Speak to any of the past developers and you'll be lucky to get a neutral opinion
out of any of them. it's really funny when you
see what happens on the inside how they try to act and how in denial they truly are. When you talk to different generations of employees
you realize there is no point trying to change the place. Why else would the turn over be so high? Let me tell you something about a startup,
turnover should not be so high. People commit to a startup and stick to it because they believe in it and the benefits outweigh the downsides. At Affinio, the opposite is true and the balance is getting worse and worse with time.
It is difficult to explain to new developers why none of the names in the code history are around anymore. In a few months, they understand because management is a completely bipolar, really kind and friendly to you in one moment and yelling at you in another for his own mistake. People used to have a channel
just to discuss management because it is such a big problem. When management found out they bought premium so they could read all private chats.
People stopped talking about it and then they quit shortly after. People who do great work are not recognized and people who do very little are praised because they completed a tutorial. Let people talk about problems and dont punish them.
The is bad, the senior staff are all pulling in different directions trying to "fix" the company but everybody has a different vision and it is falling apart as a result. I don't know what you can even do at this point, I do not blame everybody for looking for a new job. You can say "this is startup life" all you want, but look at other startups and you know it doesnt have to be this way. It is difficult to run a company but the way you behave makes it even harder.
Look at all of the pictures for the company on social media or here or the website and guess what? Chances are the person you are looking at doesnt even work at Affinio anymore. There has been job posting open for a backend developer for over a year. Every time someone is hired someone else leaves, the size barely grows yet there are constantly new people. Now you tell me if this is evidence of a company that is one of the best to work for.
