Your mental health isn't worth a slightly higher base pay in slice
A few people who are in advanced stages of the process and/or have offers from slice have been asking me whether it's a good idea to join.
My answer has always been consistent and I'm posting this so that people have more clarity.
Good folks are leaving in droves which is why they are trying to fill in some roles fast.
The company doesn't have a proper CTO, with engineering being managed by two people, one the head of analytics and data science being the 'people mananger' who is highly under-qualified for the job, and the second a toxic and borderline abusive character who is the 'chief architect'.
On top of that, there are some AHs from Bizops who'll do everything to blame you if things go wrong and steal credit if things are good, making your day worse rest of the time.
The critical Glassdoor reviews are totally true, and present points in an elaborate manner, while the few positive ones are clearly planted with 1-2 lines written for each. Plus the company is suppressing many reviews with the help of community guidelines.
Your package might have a generous ESOP component, but it is bloated and the company is looking to raise the next round at a highly diminished valuation.
There are more things in life than a few lakhs of extra base pay, for your long term well being.
I'm speaking about it openly since I left the org for a better opportunity recently and I don't want people to suffer more.
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Good Samaritan. Can u suggest some better places u might have found in ur recent search ?
Same goes for navi.
Darn it
Were you interviewing with them ??
I been posting about Slice issues from many months now. But some people keep flagging me and doing personal attacks. It would be better if they focus on keeping their house in order rather than showing up in GV to abuse on one's salary.
Unfortunately, I feel half of the companies out there are like this only.
Simpl next?
Ex : Navi
That's what I've seen, if the company doesn't have a proper CTO life becomes hell for the tech employees because people who take decisions take it without knowing how much effort goes into building the product and they go and promise shit to clients
Last CTO they had, looks like they forced him to exit so that they can run without a leader
They have the Head of Data Science & Analytics as People Manager for the entire Engineering org, so that any EM/Director trying to set more rational expectations can be shunted out whenever needed.
Many EMs were asked to leave because they disagreed with the wrong people.
