software factory - Software Engineer AfterShip Employee Review

2.0
26 Jan 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Founders are very nice people and outside of professional space it is a pleasure to interact with them. Office has a good atmosphere, people are very friendly, it is easy to make friends in AfterShip, which is an important factor for people who come from abroad to join the company.

Cons

Lack of mentoring. This company does not have an experienced senior, an expert who could be a mentor and share his skills. In AfterShip technical objectives are at the bottom of the priority list. Top priority is new product’s MVP or the ‘just-make-it-work’ objectives. Software engineers that want to explore more intuitive approaches that require a bit more time, are often shut down. Last thing, blame culture - every quarter review founders admitted the blame culture problem, which stem from them. As long as I was working in AfterShip it was noticeable and unresolved.

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AfterShip Response
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Thank you for your feedback. We have adopted scrum methodologies which means we work as a team and are able to plan ahead, everyone contributes towards sprint planning, meeting sprint goals and delivering every 2 weeks - priorities, timeline and deliverables are determined by the team members themselves so that expectations are managed as best as possible from the beginning. This also encourages closer collaboration between team members, for example, engineers working very closely with designers as well as product owners towards common goals. We have also grown our leadership team to cater the needs of our ~50 staff members across different locations. For example, the leadership team now includes Product Owners, Head of Engineering, Head of People (HR) and Scrum Master (to name a few) to promote transparency and closer collaboration. We are promoting learning and development as well as knowledge sharing initiatives to encourage coaching and organic growth from within AfterShip.

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1、Collaborative Team Environment: The PR and Branding team at AfterShip is supportive, encouraging creativity and teamwork. 2、Learning Opportunities: Plenty of chances to work on diverse projects, gain exposure to global markets, and develop new skills in public relations and branding. 3、Global Perspective: Being a global company, AfterShip provides exposure to international clients and campaigns, enhancing cross-cultural communication skills. 4、Open Management: Leadership is approachable and receptive to new ideas, making it easy to propose and execute creative strategies.

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Pros

Here we can communicate and collaborate with global teams

Cons

Team members have different time zone, but it doesn't matter

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