Brainbase Reviews

Engineering is based in Estonia and business decisions are made in LA. We have huge friction across orgs... what sales teams are selling <-> cs teams are promising <-> product & design team are mocking up <-> and what engineers are coding .... Nobody wants to admit they don't know how to manage a sinking ship. Many good people have been let go and I am seeing more exodus...

Burn out is very real Long hours because of the timezone difference between LA and Estonia. Product and client facing teams are mostly in LA and engineering in Estonia...with some folks scattered across west and east coast. Generally, somebody needs to be staying late or waking up a lot earlier to have meetings... It's been ok but over time, this undoubtedly slows things down and ppl have to be more intentional with clear written communication or commit more time for meeting discussions. As a result, meetings can be void of emotional connection and everyone is just focused on getting things done. Sometimes remote communication makes us robotic and less empathetic in the way we message each other.