Downhill from here - Anonymous employee OANDA Employee Review

3.0
20 Nov 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Business outlook

Pros

Staff are fun to work with. Free snacks, drinks, Monday breakfast, Tuesday night pizza, and Wednesday lunch. Decent office and IT equipment

Cons

The company was just recently bought out, so nobody has a vested interest in the company any more and it's starting to show. Management has brought in various people who don't fit with the culture, which has all the markings of ruining what was a great working culture. Some key hirings have been major mistakes, causing people to leave. Profit first, people second attitude is developing under new management. Features over quality. Good/long term staff have been leaving over the past year, and it continues. Employee recognition programme is heavily biased towards sales to the point that IT staff don't take it seriously at all.

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Pros

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Cons

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