Pros
- Facilities are pleasing. Both London (before closing) and Amsterdam facilities are nice - stocked fridge with beer on Fridays and coffee machine. In Amsterdam, there is a pool table in the kitchen and a gym with a boxing ring in the basement (the founder is a fan of boxing)
Cons
- Where careers go to die. Offices in London closed doors and 19 people were let go. In the press, management still didn't admit it was their inability to deliver on their promises to clients and blamed the asset management industry in the UK. A strong trait of the type of management at Ohpen - never their fault. - On the clock. 9am sharp start, 30 min lunch break and fingerprint access control (without any concerns about holding your biometric data). Expect to track every single minute of your workday in Team Foundation Server. - A stain on your CV and a drain on your soul. Search LinkedIn for people who left the company and reach out for an accurate opinion before you go interview, especially the ones in London. Of a company the size of 115 (current), 219 are past employees, 35 of those in the UK with most less than 1 year in the job. Turnover includes Human Resources Director and all of People Operations people. - Micromanagement. Everyone will be very nice during the interviews and sell you a great role. This will fade weeks after you join and that piece of work is not urgent for management. You'll be stuck at a job that you thought was going to be much more and you will not be trusted to do it.
