Pros
- The engineering team that I worked with was excellent and genuinely cared about building quality products. - The work was fun. There were lots of opportunities to build projects and features from design to completion with a lot of autonomy. - Opportunities to work directly with some high profile partners - The company owner is fun to be around and full of ideas.
Cons
- The pay was average for Victoria, which is low for the industry. - The management of this company was very disorganized. Priorities were constantly changed, new projects were often pitched and current projects regularly got shelved. Due to the fast pace, it was impossible to properly test things before releasing them. - As a small team, developers had to fill multiple roles (DevOps, customer service, QA) without the time or training to do a proper job. - The office space was filthy and cluttered. - Constant turnover in office admin and accounting staff--I've never worked anywhere that went through staff as quickly as Synq did.