No flexibility, passive-agressive boss-like attitude from managers, okay company if you have no other options - Software Engineer AskBlue Employee Review

1.0
11 Jul 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Salary is below average but still, not the worse you can find here in Portugal. The co-workers at my level were always very helpful and nice (note that the company itself is mal-structured, and it can turn these nice people into bitter people in an instant due to work overload, unpaid extra hours and other issues that are better not to reveal here)

Cons

I was often told by my manager "If it's working, it's fine" and that is the last thing a tech company should encourage. I've always been taught to code scalable code and avoid the "spaghetti" code, but in this company, I often told my superiors that I was able to finish the feature and make it work, but code-wise, it was not the best implementation and I would like to improve it to which they responded to leave it like it is and start on the next US. This same manager was agressive and gave informal unnecessary comments to me and to many workers in my team. He would actually get mad, literally red-headed and things did not go as he expected (and many times, he was to blame..). The man was stressed all the time, and for that, I also blame the company, cause their culture is to overload people with work, and make them work extra hours without pay, and has you rise in position, this overload rises accordingly. There are many more cons to them, but there are too many for just one review.

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Bom esquema de trabalho remoto, com alguma flexibilidade de horários. O ambiente é agradável e o pessoal, no geral, é bastante simpático e acessível. É fácil integrar-se na equipa e criar boas relações com colegas de diferentes projetos. Muitas pessoas em funções de liderança são humanas, próximas e bem-intencionadas no dia a dia.

Cons

As tecnologias utilizadas são, na maioria dos casos, antigas e pouco desafiantes para quem quer evoluir tecnicamente. Grande foco em OutSystems, que considero uma plataforma limitada e pouco interessante a longo prazo. Existe muita rotação entre projetos, o que dificulta ganhar profundidade e continuidade no trabalho. Nota-se alguma dificuldade em manter clientes de longa duração e projetos estáveis. Grande parte das chefias intermédias é fraca do ponto de vista técnico, o que por vezes dificulta decisões, planeamento e compreensão real dos desafios dos projetos.

4.0
14 Nov 2025
Recommend
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Pros

1. Transparency in their HR processes; 2. People are evaluated by feedback, personal goals, and competence; 3. Hybrid working - You can work from wherever you are.

Cons

1. It's a "young" company (13y) which means they're still settling their internal processes; 2. Some teams have a difficult environment sometimes because the company lends too much control to the client; 3. It feels like there's a lot of bureaucracy and unneeded secrecy between departments.

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