Huddle Reviews

Pros

- Culture and perks are spot on - Opportunities for rapid progression if early in career - if you are starting out in tech I couldn’t recommend Huddle enough whether that is sales or dev. - Work alongside very smart people - Huddle’s hiring is very good.

Cons

- Communication from management is often poor - Rollercoaster of change - it is non stop for better or worse - Accountability is sometimes lacking but that is changing

Advice to Management

Own the communication and drive more accountability especially in junior positions

Pros

A professional and friendly culture amongst a family of ambitious and talented engineers Very thorough and sophisticated SAAS delivery process for juniors to learn from Engineers can invest 20% of their time to improve process, clear off technical debt and work on a creative idea to add business value The company used to have some nice benefits: Huddle Cuddle (£500 post-tax money to spend on nice things), share... options, Vitality healthcare which comes with even more perks

Cons

Record high staff turnover in the London office since the new CEO and CTO joined in 2018; the majority of the people had decided to moved on to other opportunities. Communication was generally poor or lacking from HR, especially on the topics of the benefits-cut, explanation on share options and personnel movements. Chief executives were often absent from the office and had failed to show leadership when most... needed. New managers/ leaders had not been provided enough supported, there is no guidance on mentorship, training of leading a team nor backing to confront opinionated subject experts who are at a more senior level. Salary band lack transparency and career growth has glass-ceiling Technologies can be a bit out-dated compared to new start-ups and engineers will often hit architect's veto or infrastructure blockers when attempting to implement new technologies.

Advice to Management

Reward and promote your staffs for the right reason at the right time; Listen to your very talented team; Monitor the chief executives performance, replace them as necessary

Pros

People are great - hardworking, bright, and very friendly

Cons

Lacking in direction and lots of cut backs

Advice to Management

Focus on developing your teams more, not just the revenue numbers

Pros

Huddle has great company culture, the work/life balance is really good, with somewhat flexible hours. It's greatest assets is it's employees, everyone is really friendly and in the almost 3 years i worked there i enjoyed coming into the office every single day!

Cons

Process is very hindering and management can be slow to respond to employee requests. Career progression is also quite hard as there is a lacking system where employees can see what is required of them at the next level and strive towards improving themselves to get there.

Pros

Great team of people who are really hardworking and want to see things improve.

Cons

Staff leaving in their droves and communication is poor. There is no faith in management and the more recent addition of a London based CEO has done nothing to improve things - he is still largely absent from what I have been told. Benefits are being cut and so for the lower paid members of staff this has had a massive impact.

Advice to Management

Listen to staff and look after them. There are a lot of faithful and hopeful people willing to drive change and make a difference. You are driving some of the best talent away.

Pros

- Fantastic People - Good development, courses - Good Accounts - Great benefits -Great Line Managers

Cons

- Limited progression - Fairly high attrition

Pros

Everyone here is really friendly and passionate about their work. The company has innovation time to allow developers to pick their projects to do and take responsibility for it. The company to open to new technologies and you to get work with some of the best architects in the industry including the Ian Cooper who is one of the best speakers in testing and microservices.

Cons

Honestly not much, the company has some legacy code which needs remodelling but there has been a big drive in the last two years to fix and deprecate it. Employees get share options but not much now

Advice to Management

You've got great people working here and it's really good you listen to them and provide opportunities where you can. Keep being open to change and don't be afraid to drop 'process' for efficiency

Pros

Great culture, a lot of benefits, supports progression, great offices, cooperative management, ability to have your say to create real change.

Cons

Low on resource to achieve goals