Deliveroo Reviews

Pros

- Fantastic company - Learning environment - Customer first - Smart people

Cons

I loved my time at Deliveroo, until a senior leader took over the department, who bullied certain members of staff. Unfortunately, I was one of them. - HR don't particularly care - Toxic culture in the department (not company) - Because I had been there a while (in the department) and not hired by her, I was looked at differently - Some people at the company (very small number) make their way to the top by whatever means necessary...

Pros

Flexible working hours not bad pay rate

Cons

Not flexible when arranging holidays, these are very difficult when you return you are penalized when trying to book slots again

Pros

Free Friday lunch, free snacks; High base salary

Cons

1. Bad HR management and policies 2. Bad financial planning 3. The firms treat you terribly when they decide to fire you and there is no transparency / good communication at all 4. Not all employees are treated fairly, lack of inclusiveness

Pros

Cool problems to solve, free lunch on Fridays. Good senior data scientists to learn from.

Cons

Constant firing of people and redundancies has led to really low morale and no one feels safe. Feels like a bit of a frat boy culture, where you are valued if senior leadership likes you, regardless of how good you are Data Science senior leadership needs to improve. No guidance or strategy from them at all. (1) If you think a project is low impact, it is on you to provide guidance on what is high impact (2) Why would you let people spend months on something if you think the approach is bad? Especially when they kept you in the loop the whole time?

Pros

Interesting work due to a 3-sided marketplace. Flexible hours and good wfh policies. The people actually doing the work (i.e. not management) are amazing - switched on, intelligent and really nice. Great exit options in London - many Data Scientists go to FAANG afterwards.

Cons

Deliveroo unfortunately feels like a sinking ship - multiple rounds of redundancies at every level, high turnover and constant cutting of employee benefits. The Exec team doesn't seem to have a plan, and don't care to listen to anyone outside their circle. Data Science leadership is inexperienced - they focus on politics and playing favourites (which is a shame as the actual data scientists are generally very nice). Meanwhile, the team had no proper strategy, literally no roadmapping or goals, no visibility with senior leadership, but was hiring like crazy regardless. It was no surprise that DS was hit so badly by the most recent round of redundancies- even those of us who are safe are interviewing elsewhere. Also, massive discrepancies in pay and levelling that leadership publicly apologised for but refused to change. People in identical roles have ~20k differences in salary, but there are barely any promotions or pay rises.