Awful environment. - Anonymous employee Gatewit Employee Review

1.0
7 Jun 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great coworkers and good inside department relationship when leadership is away. Company is on a very well located avenue in Lisbon.

Cons

Don't give you space for decision-making and when you have it you'll be asked why you did it and who has asked you to do so. Focus on HR marketing manouvers primarily rather than on internal satisfaction and that won't change since it's part of company's culture. CEO don't trust his tactical leadership. Directors don't trust their workteams. There's no social capital inside this company and this is resulting on a huge braindrain. Culture and values are things that makes the company beautiful on the paper. You don't know and don't share company's strategy simply because the person right above you don't know it either :) International opportunities are not for every person. Salary is clearly lower in comparison with some IT companies here in Lisbon.

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1.0
18 Aug 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The company has a good product that can possibly pick up traction in the US market. But they need to refine their strategy

Cons

No training, no support. It took about 3 days to get in touch with anyone in the company. incorrect reimbursement. incorrect compensations. miscommunication about paid time off/vacation days. Given less days than first mentioned.

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1.0
9 May 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Office is very well located for Lisbon area. - Free water and some fruits. - Nice PC. - It’s a good opportunity for junior developers for a maximum of 6 months - after this period, it’s better to find something else. - If you are very very lucky, you can get some project on Symfony 2 for some months, but it's very rare.

Cons

- Overtimes will never count, and this is considered as a standard practice. - You’ll be working with «very» recent and an updated stack of software with PHP 5.1 and Symfony 1.4 - Back to the Future. - You’ll have lots of security and architect issues that you will need fix, or maybe add some more, because they don't care about it. - Nice project management where most of things should be done for yesterday and normally without well structured requirements specification. - Best HR department I’ve ever seen; they do nothing for employees’ needs. - The company’s schedule is flexible, but only if you stay after schedule to do more overtimes, if you need time for personal issues or if you arrive late because of traffic problems or such, be advised that you’ll be facing problems. - There’s no access to Wi-Fi, because it’s believed that is a security liability. - Forget about your career here, even on contract renewal negotiation; they only raise you if you found another company paying more I hope this is enough to provide an understanding of what this company looks like inside, with their lies and wonderful marketing, such as: "We are best place to work".

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