Sadly, the culture became terrible! - Software Engineer Teya Employee Review

2.0
8 Jun 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits such as Gympass and others.

Cons

The company fosters a culture that tends to favour specific groups, rather than promoting inclusivity and diversity of opinions across the board. This approach creates a "blame" culture, affecting entire teams and individuals who have no control over decisions made by upper management. The company culture Teya wants is one thing but the reality is another. When it comes to technology and software engineering, Teya lags far behind despite its ambitious goals. Many systems are unsustainably built, lacking adherence to best practices, which ultimately leads to the need for rebuilding these systems within a short span of two years. The focus on meeting unrealistic deadlines, set by the wrong individuals, comes at the expense of developing high-quality software. Software engineers working in these teams are usually unhappy due to a constant whirlwind of impractical timelines which forces engineers to cut corners, unable to to rectify a growing backlog of improving it and then building on top of bad software which becomes a nightmare. There is minimal effort to create a psychologically safe and enjoyable environment for all employees, rather than just a select group of people. The high turnover rate of hiring and firing only highlights the company's low long-term employee retention rate.

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Teya Response
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Thanks for taking the time to share your feedback. We're sorry to hear that you haven’t had the best experience working with us. At Teya, we continuously encourage employees to share their views on our culture and work processes, so specific feedback like this is highly valued and we appreciate you taking the time to review. We’d love to talk more about your experience so that we can improve. You can contact us at peopleops-uk@teya.com if you're open to chatting further. We wish you all the best.

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