Disappointing experience – toxic culture - Software Engineer ClickHouse Employee Review

1.0
21 Jun 2025
Recommend
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Pros

- Competitive salary and compensation. - Full remote work and geographic flexibility.

Cons

- Emotionally unstable and reactive management; decisions are often political rather than performance-based. - Toxic internal culture driven by ego, competition, and hypocrisy rather than collaboration. - Advancement is based on pleasing leadership rather than merit — excessive internal politics. - Attempts to classify employees as contractors, creating disguised employment with no social protection or legal clarity. - Business model driven more by speculation than by product maturity; essential features like JOINs, standard SQL support, and horizontal scalability are lacking — all of which are critical for any serious data warehouse. This makes the product very difficult to sell, as it remains a niche technology that does not scale well. - Lack of transparency and honesty in internal processes and communication.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
27 May 2026
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Pros

* Fast growing company with upwards trajectory. There have been multiple funding rounds in a short period of time * Engineering has the freedom to create with minimal disruption

Cons

* Demanding culture, especially with AI. Easy to get burned out * Virtually no attempt for socialization. Very odd -- it's all business and no fun.

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