Codat Reviews

4.1

73% would recommend to a friend

(10 total reviews)

Peter Lord

79% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

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10 reviews
5.0
29 Sept 2023
Recommend
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Pros

✅ Emphasis on doing things right technically ✅ Talented and nice people ✅ Some really high profile, impressive clients ✅ Modern offices, with doggos often wandering around! ✅ Decent enough pay and benefits ✅ Lively social scene

Cons

❎ Grew too fast and had to cut back when the economy worsened ❎ Morale took a hit, especially amongst those who were around during The Good Times, and that's still lingering ❎ A lot of changes at the top recently

5.0
5 Mar 2023

Genuine autonomy, people who care, industry experts, career progression

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- An environment of trust, which feels like a rarity in the fintech world. Autonomy to plan your day in the way that works best for you, and to drive ideas and projects forwards with the support of your manager and of senior leadership. - Approachable senior team and co-founders - I've often asked c-suite level individuals to meet for coffee in the office if I've needed help/advice/had questions, and they've always been very generous with their time. - Genuine industry experts work here, who are passionate about creating a genuinely useful product. Modern tech stack, progressive thinking, fast release cycle, constant review of processes to ensure we're agile and optimised at all times. - Clear career framework with well-defined behaviours to measure performance, and a clear performance review cycle. You know which level you're performing at, and you know exactly what you need to do to get to the next level. The salary bands are also benchmarked, and advertised on job openings. - More transparency from senior leadership team than I've ever had. We have regular 'ask the co-founders' meetings, business updates on company meetings from team leaders, kudos meetings and slack channels to celebrate excellent performance from employees. A lot of businesses are navigating tricky waters right now - and Codat's approach to call it as it is and remain united is absolutely spot on. Incredibly shocked by some of the more extreme and negative reviews here. Whilst everyone's entitled to their opinion, I can wholeheartedly say that this doesn't translate into the experience I've had working with Codat whatsoever. Would really encourage anyone thinking of applying to chat to people who are currently working at the business, and can give an insight in to what it's genuinely like, right now.

Cons

- When I first started, the benefits weren't fantastic, but the People team listened to Codat's employees, and continue to evolve this by changing pension provider, introducing new benefits and doing a full review etc.

3.0
27 Feb 2023
Recommend
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Pros

- Great place to work overall - Lovely team and people - Interesting tech stack and open to new technologies - Good enough salary package (although definitely not the best out there) - Great career growth opportunities

Cons

- Codat hired a lot of people last year (claiming their business was thriving and making exaggerated assertions about their unachievable goals such as hiring a lot more people by the end of the year ... etc). However, in December 2022, a few weeks before Christmas, they announced they were making nearly 100 people redundant (what felt like pretty much all the people that were hired that year, but I could be wrong). - Felt completely gutted given how short my experience was at Codat, but also for being let go right before Christmas, at a time where finding a job isn't particularly easy - I'm not sure whether I regret working there at all. The teams and processes are great, management not so much. They did try making up for their mistake by giving us a (good enough) severance package but we all felt like we got stabbed in the back and the family culture Codat developed over the years has now been crushed by the news. Not sure it will be recovered soon... - I still think it's a great place to work, I really enjoyed my time there but as you know in the job market the grass is always greener on the other side (especially in terms of salary package)

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