Cimpl Software Developer reviews

2.3

32% would recommend to a friend

(3 total reviews)

Christopher Thierry

65% approve of CEO

32% positive business outlook

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3 reviews
1.0
8 Dec 2015

Poor at executing

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Multicultural work environment. - Decent infrastructure. - Espresso machine and other amenities. - Ambitious vision for the future of the company.

Cons

- Departments are siloed to the extreme and seem to compete against each other. As a consequence, collaboration is discouraged. - Product design is virtually non-existent and in practice means reverse engineering their own existing products with an unbelievably short-sighted "we know better" attitude. Saving face and making managers look good is rewarded and a priority over executing and delivering. - Development teams are meant to use Scrum and other agile tools, but only as a façade. Management assigns "personal projects" to individuals. Those are just part of the regular work that managers want to prevent from being estimated and developed by a team, hoping that this approach will get things done faster. - Communication is ineffective. Meetings are often long and dull, with parts of the attendance heads-down, swiping at their smartphones.

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Cimpl Response
10y
We appreciate your honest review of your time with us. Communication in a company is a balancing act, and when you are growing at a fast pace (we’ve grown 300% in the last 5 years), it requires even more adjustments. In fact, we’ve recently made many organizational changes in order to address many of the items you listed in your review. We have experienced great improvements and look forward to continually looking to better ourselves as a company. We wish you all the best in your future endeavours.
5.0
30 Nov 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great company atmosphere, very collaborative environment, Open Door policy. Great Culture!

Cons

Not the greatest office location

1.0
9 Nov 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great team members, free coffee.

Cons

Lack of requirements. Stuck to old mentality. Very Cheap management. No loyalty toward employees. Awful location, which is actually a warehouse turned into office location in a very industrial area (There was a mouse running in one of company daily stand ups). Very immature president. Bad benefits: no RRSP matching, very low life insurance, minimum health benefits.

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Cimpl Response
10y
Working in a fast paced company culture is not for everyone. Especially when you have to execute on a clear strategic vision that’s so clear it is plastered on 1 page, on our walls. We’ve grown over 300% in the last 5 years and this kind of growth is extremely special. Etelesolv has won numerous awards in 2015 for employee engagement, company culture, excellence and growth. These are a direct result of our great employees. We participate in multiple charities, food drives, and regularly hold funded company social activities like soccer, bowling or curling. Our insurance and benefits are above average for a company our size and at the beginning of 2015 we made major coverage enhancements in 2015, these increases were supplemented solely by the company at no additional costs to our employees. In terms of employee loyalty, statistically we are well above the IT industry average and the number of employees who have been with us for more than 5 years has been growing. Through this growth, we value the promotion and training of our people into new roles. As far as the office goes, we wanted to have a large space where we could expand and be creative. We offer free parking, a large cafeteria, free coffee as well as 3,000 foot warehouse converted into our “Disconnect” room. It has a pool table, ping-pong table, poker, dartboard, air-hockey, video games and a fridge filled with beer. So if I was a mouse, I would want in too. (The landlord has been called and the mouse will need to find a new home.) Doors are always open to current and former employees to share their ideas on how we can continue to improve at Etelesolv.

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