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      Doist

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      Doist Reviews

      4.5

      89% would recommend to a friend

      (29 total reviews)
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      Amir Salihefendic

      93% approve of CEO

      80% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.5

      Culture and values

      4.5

      Compensation and benefits

      4.4

      Work/Life balance

      4.3

      Senior management

      4.2

      Diversity and inclusion

      3.9

      Career opportunities

      Doist has an employee rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars, based on 29 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Doist employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

      Reviews by job title

      29 reviews
      4.0
      19 Jan 2024

      Great product doesn't equate great working experience

      Backend software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      - Very interesting product - Knowledgeable people - Probably the best CEO and CTO I have ever met, both down to Earth, hands on and approachable. - Retreats twice a year to meet everyone and your team. - Sensible perks - Work from anywhere, any time

      Cons

      - Average staring compensation, progression on pause when I was around. - Location based compensation - Messy legacy code base with multiple ongoing migrations. Nothing you could have had experience with before. Low exposure to transferable knowledge and high chance of losing one you might have. Many parts of the code base were written by people who are no longer around and there is no documentation. You will be expected to thrive in this. - Too much dogfooding, gets in the way of being productive. - Resurfacing information is difficult. Spread across several systems, not all being well searchable. A lot of knowledge in people's heads. - Async taken to the extreme. Might not be everyone's cup of tea. In the backend team it felt like being a team of 1 and the code reflected that. - Participation in 2nd level support for a month is a nightmare. - I haven't been around for that long to confirm this but I got a feeling there are several cliques. It is not unexpected given the well above average tenure of people, especially in the C-suite. Fresh blood would do the company good.

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      Doist Response
      8mo
      Thank you so much for your review and apologies for taking long to respond. We aim to continously improve and iterate on all things at Doist and proud of the iterations we've made over the last 2 years. We appreciate the positive shoutout to our CEO and CTO, we can't agree more. This humble and approachable Leadership element still exists today amongst all our Leaders. We really love our product and enjoy dogfooding to make sure we get first hand experience of what is going well and what can improve. We really appreciate all the constructive feedback, thank you again for sharing this.
      5.0
      13 Mar 2018

      Getting hired here was the best, random thing that's ever happened to me

      Marketing
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      - Completely flexible schedule – you don't have to keep your butt in the chair from 9-5pm whether you're being productive or not. Work the hours that are best for you. - Work from anywhere. - No managers looking over your shoulder supervising you. You can take on projects you're excited about and see them through to the end. - A team of really good and interesting people from all over the world who are respectful and want to do good work. Not a bro-culture at all. The company has given a significant amount to charity the last 3 years. - Extremely transparent about decisions, financial health, etc. - Committed to sustainable growth - not just chasing VC funding - so you're not left wondering if your job will still be there in a year. - Annual team retreats in places like Menorca, Iceland, Greece, and Chile.

      Cons

      - Since it's a small, growing company there's no defined career or professional development path. You really have to be proactive about defining what you want to do and where you want to go. Can be a pro and a con. - Since it's a remote company not based in the US, there's currently no health or retirement benefits which is a bummer. They do pay well, but if you need a lot of healthcare it probably doesn't make up for the lack of health insurance.

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