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    Ocado Technology Reviews

    Updated 22 May 2018
    75 reviews

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    • "Outside London, could be long commute if you are living in London" (in 5 reviews)

    • "Some areas or roles need a little more structure and guidance on career progression (e" (in 4 reviews)

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    1. "Good Company"

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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Service Desk Analyst in Hatfield, East of England, England
      Current Employee - Service Desk Analyst in Hatfield, East of England, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Ocado Technology full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Amazing company to work for. Good teamwork environment

      Cons

      I don't have any just may be location and traveling distance

    2. "Needs to pay staff more like a FTSE250 Company"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Ocado Technology full-time

      Pros

      Collaboration and team work, everyone striving towards common goals

      Cons

      No bonus or company car for senior managers

      Advice to Management

      Need to ensure your remuneration remains competitive to attract and retain top talent

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    3. Helpful (1)

      "Best people and culture"

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      Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer in London, England
      Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer in London, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Ocado Technology full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      - The people. Everyone is bright and ready to help.
      - The culture. High focus on people and well being, no stress, a lot of room for experiment with a no blame culture, deep craftsmanship and opportunities to learn...

      Cons

      - Offices in Hatfield (40 minutes door to door from a Finsbury Park flat)

      Advice to Management

      Open offices in London

    4. "Not very impressed with this company"

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      Current Employee - Engineering Department in Andover, England
      Current Employee - Engineering Department in Andover, England
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Ocado Technology full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      The company shop is alright

      Cons

      The engineering department seems to have a bit of a gang problem. The engineers and engineering management seem to resemble those gangs of bullies that you used to encounter in the school playground, who would snigger and make fun of you as you walked past, and laugh at you behind your back. They don't have the slightest shred of respect for people outside of their little "circles" and the Engineering managers are extremely un-approachable and blunt. This i can say for all 4 of them. It's not just a problem with one of them thinking it's alright to bully, it's all of them.

      Advice to Management

      I don't know how you screen your people and what kind of personality checks you do, but you better change it to avoid spending all your time recruiting people. Because that seems to be a rather large focus at the moment.

      Ocado Technology Response

      8 May 2018 – PR Assistant

      We are really sorry to hear you feel that way. We don't want any of our employees to feel like this at work and we would like you to give us the opportunity to resolve your concerns. Please contact... More

    5. "Software Engineer"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook

      I have been working at Ocado Technology full-time

      Pros

      Nice and friendly culture to help and encourage software engineers to utilise their knowledge, expend their skill set and release their creativity.

      Cons

      There may not have enough room for employees to grow in some team/department/business area.

    6. "Great place to work"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook

      I have been working at Ocado Technology full-time

      Pros

      Career progression and wonderful people

      Cons

      The location is a problem for some who commute from London

    7. "Senior software engineer"

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      Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer in Hatfield, East of England, England
      Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer in Hatfield, East of England, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Ocado Technology full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      I would definitely recommend friends to work here, I’ve been here a few years and think it’s great
      Great people to work with
      Open-ness and willingness to improve as a company
      Low stress work environment
      Plenty of opportunities to learn, explore, make mistakes as a developer
      Teams are given plenty of freedom to work in a way that makes sense for them
      I’ve moved teams internally a couple of times, and I’ve always had support from my team leads and wider company to do so
      Giving and receiving feedback is encouraged and managed really well, I’ve found it to be a really positive experience
      Never had any problems booking holiday
      Flexible working hours (core hours policy allows you to come in and leave when it suits you)

      Cons

      Working from home and remote working are generally discouraged
      Maternity/paternity leave is really bad
      Whilst engagement in general is really good, I’ve definitely experienced colleagues that aren’t engaged with the job at all, it’s felt like there’s not much discrimination between that staff that are engaged and work hard and encourage others every day, and those that don’t. I think this situation is improving though.
      Depending on the team, the out of hours support can be quite demanding (you are paid for this, but I found it affected my personal life too much to be worth it)

      Advice to Management

      Allow teams to experiment with remote working more
      Improve your maternity/paternity package

      Ocado Technology Response

      30 Jan 2018 – PR Assistant

      Thank you for taking the time to write such a detailed review, and highlighting the pros and cons so clearly.

    8. "Software Engineer SE2"

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      Current Employee - Software Engineer in Hatfield, East of England, England
      Current Employee - Software Engineer in Hatfield, East of England, England
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook

      I have been working at Ocado Technology full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Great culture, with a real desire to grow. Management are generally as supportive as they can be in offering developers the freedom to explore, experiment and fail.

      Cons

      Struggling to recruit and so for a perfectionist the code base can be overwhelming in terms of the volume of technical debt in places. Although I've definitely seen much worse.

      Advice to Management

      Hire people, aggressively hire people

      Ocado Technology Response

      23 Jan 2018 – PR Assistant

      Thank you for taking the time to leave a review, and we are delighted you are enjoying the culture.

    9. "Technical Support"

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      Current Employee - Technical Support Technician in Andover, England
      Current Employee - Technical Support Technician in Andover, England

      I have been working at Ocado Technology full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Good working environment with lots of different technology to work with

      Cons

      Restricted in what you can do even if you a professionally certified as most of Network, Windows etc is done by teams in head office

      Advice to Management

      When applying for a new job which is advertised externally & internally why would you make the applicant go through a promotion board

      Ocado Technology Response

      22 Jan 2018 – PR Assistant

      We're glad you are enjoying the environment! Sorry to hear you feel restricted at the moment, and we will see what we can do to make applying for internal roles easy as possible.

    10. "Ocado Engineer Review"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Ocado Technology full-time

      Pros

      - get to work on exciting projects
      - rarely bored/always busy
      - fast growing company
      - lots of responsibility

      Cons

      - poor work-life balance
      - almost everyone at the company is overworked and underpaid
      - progression opportunities but not the pay rise to match

      Advice to Management

      Invest in your people or you will have to spend more in the long run on recruitment.

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