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      4.1

      74% would recommend to a friend

      (119 total reviews)

      Natalia Panowicz

      71% approve of CEO

      65% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.7

      Compensation and benefits

      4.2

      Diversity and inclusion

      4.2

      Work/Life balance

      4.0

      Culture and values

      4.0

      Career opportunities

      3.7

      Senior management

      Codility has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 119 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Codility employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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      119 reviews
      1.0
      4 Apr 2023

      What happened? A tragic and cautionary tale of how NOT to run a business

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Salaries have always been good. Overall, people at the IC level were phenomenal to work with. Many leaders at Director/Senior Director/VP levels were encouraging and excellent at helping you in your career growth and progression.

      Cons

      After the 3rd round of "lay-offs" in 9 months - I write it that way intentionally because this round felt like they were cleaning house. There wasn't any rhyme or reason to their decisions on who should go and who should stay. The senior leadership team - especially the CEO during this round, lacked any humanity and seemed to be detached in an incredibly cold way. The values of "We are human, We are real, We take ownership" seem to fall by the wayside when it suits. I had always felt proud to work at Codility. When we closed Series B, I felt like things were on the up. However, the consistent poor decisions on how to spend money made many people fearful for the future. Quite rightly, it turned out. A prime example is when Sales started to decline in 2022, the Execs still flew here, there and everywhere for offsite meetings (on a nearly monthly basis, you had 5 or 6 people flying across the globe until March 2023). Not to mention hiring C-level Execs consistently who come in for a few months whereby they are seen to be the second coming and expected to solve all the problems in the company before they once more fall out of favour and the process is then rinsed and repeated again and again. Another weird choice of spending, the Execs insisted on keeping an entire company offsite in the Dominican Republic. There were almost 200 people brought together (one month after the last round of lay-offs) under the guise of not wanting to lose the deposits that had already been spent - the cost-sunk fallacy seemed to escape the people with the checkbook. Their thoughts of "Let us spend $750k more to avoid losing $100k" seemed idiotic. This again became a clue of what was to come. Less than two months after the global offsite, another almost 40 people lost their jobs. I think Codility's Board must ask themselves if the CEO is fit to take Codility to the next step. Profitability will not be achieved if spending continues as it has. Saying this round of layoffs will be the last is not reasonable or realistic.

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      Codility Response
      3y
      I’m deeply sorry for the pain and disappointment that working at Codility has caused you. Over the course of the last 9 months we have indeed done three team reductions. In March 2023 we made an extremely painful decision to restructure our full organization and enter the fastest possible path to profitability. This way we have our future in our own hands, regardless of whether the tech economy rebounds quickly or not. We indeed experienced declining new sales in the second half of 2022. Codility products are used for hiring engineers, and as the tech economy slowed, many current and prospective customers have had hiring freezes and team reductions, which had an impact on us. We have since then focused our go-to-market efforts on sectors in the economy that are less impacted by this downturn, and see positive results in our pipeline. We indeed had a global offsite in January 2023 in the Dominican Republic. This has been two years in the making and the first occasion for the company to get together after the pandemic. In 2022 we had a few executive departures. Not all my executive hiring in the past proved to be correct. I have learned from every hire and mis-hire, improved my process, and have complete confidence in our exec team now. I’m indeed acting Head of Product. This is a temporary solution until we find our next product leader, who we are in active search for. Between 2021 and 2022 our product development process was inefficient. We have been correcting it for the last three quarters and brought focus, innovation, and speed back to how we work in product. Other points in your review are factually incorrect. Further to your point about me lacking humanity and being detached in an incredibly cold way, I’m deeply sorry that this is how I came across to you. This perception can’t be farther from what I was experiencing. As I told personally to all our people that were leaving and all our people that were staying, every single departure was a pain and loss for Codility and a personal pain and loss for me as Codility CEO and Co-Founder. I carry this pain with me.
      2.0
      22 Apr 2023

      Blind Spots and Golden Handcuffs

      Account executive
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Now, it ain't all bad news at this company. They got themselves a fair and reasonable CEO, who's a strong leader and leads by example. And, from what I can gather, there's a sizable People team with lots of seniors and Director levels. That's a good thing, 'cause it means they're serious about taking care of their employees. Plus, I gotta say, I appreciate that the CEO took the time to address some of the unfounded criticism she was getting in earlier reviews. It's easy to jump on the bandwagon and pile on, but it takes some real leadership to look at the big picture and make the tough decisions. So, yeah, there's some cons to this company, but there's also some pros. It's all about finding the right balance and making sure everyone's doing their part.

      Cons

      The cons of working at this company? First off, they got some serious blind spots. They're letting some execs coast along, collecting fat paychecks without doing much work. And then there's this Chief People Officer dude - nobody knows what he does, but he's one of the CEO's faves, so he gets to stick around and collect a paycheck too. But, the biggest con of all might just be those golden handcuffs. The execs are getting paid so much that they're not gonna leave on their own. And, that means there's not a lot of incentive for them to step up and do their best work. That's a real problem, man.

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      Codility Response
      2y
      Since the time you left your review, our executive leadership team has had a complete makeover and is adequate for the stage we’re at. As I mentioned in a few other responses, we experienced hyper growth due to the booming demand in 2020 and 2021. As a result, our executive team was built for hyper growth and scale. When the downturn happened, we found ourselves with too much structure, too much process, and too top heavy. We have corrected this over the last few quarters and now run a lean and tight ship. CEO & Co-Founder
      2.0
      21 Apr 2023

      A company that makes you fall in love with them, then breaks your heart.

      Individual contributor
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Everything they do is commendable when it comes to upholding values and promoting employee engagement. The pay is excellent, the benefits are outstanding, and the offsites are truly exceptional. The company has a knack for recruiting exceptional employees and bringing out their best. In fact, it's the best company I have ever worked for. However...

      Cons

      Codility is a company that initially woos you with its charms, only to shatter your expectations. They whisk you away to exotic locations for expensive offsite events, but then abruptly lay you off citing losses from Q1. It's hardly surprising that they incurred losses, considering that they flew in circa 200 people from all over the world to Club Med in Punta Cana. Read that again. The selection criteria for laying off employees in all three rounds between August 22 and March 23 (!) is highly opaque, resulting in the unfortunate dismissal of many loyal employees, aka "the doers". Codility lacks a clear product strategy and the kind of leadership that could help it rise above competition, despite investing in top-level executives ("the thinkers") rather than those who actually do the work. There is too much focus on catching up with competitors. Too much anxiety when it comes to "what others are doing". Industry leaders don't follow the crowd. The said thinkers tend to come from NA, as if the only way forward for this company is to be led by the US folks. It's massively discriminating when you look at how many departments got rid of Europeans. Just take a look at the Marketing team - a great example of that. It used to be international. Not anymore. The People team must be a big cost as they only lay off junior staff. The year 2022 was a period of massive decline for Codility, as the company came to terms with the reality that it lacked the ability to properly allocate its resources and distinguish between spending and investing. It was a case of "too much, too soon."

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      Codility Response
      2y
      It’s painful to know that we have broken people’s hearts. I’m very sorry that you were personally impacted by a difficult period in Codility’s journey. CEO & Co-Founder
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