Remote Senior Software Engineer reviews

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4.0
Jan 21, 2025
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Pros

Probably the biggest Elixir codebase I ever worked on. I learned so much about Elixir at Remote compared to any of my previous Elixir roles just because of the sheer number of Elixir developers that are in this company. True async work culture. I worked remotely for a very long time now, but they're all sync. This is the first time I experienced async work and it's so refreshing. There are downsides, so you do have to work hard to keep this culture, but it's great to have this kind of work arrangement. The culture regarding maintaining a Single Source of Truth (SSOT) is also one of the big perks of working at Remote. Almost everything you would ever think to ask can be found within their documentation, which enables you to do the work that you need to do without having to wait on people who are working from other timezones. The perks are also great. They invest a lot in the personal development of all of their employees. The private healthcare is top-notch in my country.

Cons

Your experience may vary depending on the team that you'll end up on. Also, while the salaries are pretty decent, they're not that great if you compare this role to other similar opportunities especially on a global scale. Also, before I left, the company seems to be backtracking on some of their widely advertised benefits which suggests a bad outlook on their business in the months to come.

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1y
Thanks for your positive review. We're glad you enjoyed a great work-life balance and a supportive environment at Remote. We acknowledge the challenges of rapid growth and are always aiming to improve. Your feedback is valuable to us.
2.0
Jul 7, 2022
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Pros

* Great values and mission statement from early on * Culture of documentation that actually works and provides great value for new joiners and old time Remoters * No bullshit PTO policies and micro management * The async work structure is chaotic but manageable in the long run (even better if teams are better distributed across timezones instead of being EU centric)

Cons

On engineering, the career growth is very unclear: There's a lot of space for you want to jump on the management track, but for technical growth the organization doesn't know what to do: employees get the feedback that need to navigate that on their own with other ICs instead of having a Manager working along with you on your career. Employees are completely responsible for creating an environment for career growth inside the company's expansion and unconnected teams. Unlimited PTO is used as a panacea that would solve as issues, but taking one week off from work won't solve any structural issues because managers won't act on it magically. Sometimes the hiring pipeline is used in the same way - having more employees would help on a few workload issues but it doesn't fix things magically. Surveys and feedback forms showed very little effect on real changes over 2022, with a lot of verticals reporting the exact same issues - plans and goals were mentioned to be in the works, but there's minimal visibility on this for the rest of the company. Local employment laws expertise is uneven across the company: In a few countries, employees need to explain (more than once) how things work on their country, instead of People/Payroll teams being experts on the subject (which would be expected for a company that is supposed to deal with this). On a couple of situations, action was taken only after external employees/customers raised those issues, even though internal employees had more than enough feedback about health insurance providers and other local benefits.

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Remote Response
3y
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. It’s good to hear you appreciated our values, mission, and culture of documentation. Those are all really important here at Remote. We hear your points about career growth, communication, and knowledge-sharing — and agree those are areas where we can do better. We always take feedback seriously, including this, so we appreciate it.
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