Good employer - Data Science Associate Manager Mudano Employee Review

I've worked almost a year in their product team as Engineer, and it has been one of the best experiences in my career for three reasons: * Brilliant colleagues. Mudano is hiring top talent out there, but not only smart, they have to fit the company's culture and be nice, empathetic people too. Only brilliant AND nice people pass the cut. * Startup feeling. Mudano has a strong vision and is working hard on an ambitious long-term product that will change the industry. Working under this atmosphere with a clear purpose it's better than working in web agencies where employees are not normally engaged with the customer's project. Intrinsic motivation feels good. * Caring. Management and PMs care for their employees. "Ambitious" in London normally means "long hours in an open office, being exploited until you quit". In Mudano not, they want people to stay long-term, healthy work-life balance, you will be assigned a coach, and management asking often "how are you?".

* Impostor syndrome. After working many years in this industry, I thought I was pretty good web engineer. But working shoulder-to-shoulder with brilliant people has the side-effect of making you feel not good enough. Just shut down that little voice! * Meetings. Mudano is now a mid-size company, so deciding what and how things get built (technically) demands certain politics, good communication skills and of course... meetings. It's normal, but I miss the days of having a smaller engineering team where we could move faster.

Good location of office in London Some good people work there Good social events

The first time my line manager looked at my cv was on my last day at Mudano - giving an idea of how much interest he took through my experience there. Incredibly poor communication (I would even say miscommunication) from career jockey senior line managers throughout my time there. My experience was perhaps quite different to most of the other reviews on Mudano here, and I also note that a lot of those reviews were from the Product side rather than the Client Facing Consultancy side which I was part of - which is a lot more corporate, political, ruthless, and frankly not creative at all (understandably to some extent as they have to please clients). I have worked for quite a few start ups and small companies in the past but with all that experience I couldn't understand how to create something at Mudano, the commitment from line managers and structures in the business aren't set up to allow this.