Ventajas
100% remote Flexible working hours Team are really friendly and helpful
Desventajas
Micromanagement to an extreme has become present with the recent manager hires. Constantly being breathed down our necks. It makes you feel paranoid. I felt uncomfortable sharing ideas in the group chat without worrying that the manager will say something negative either in the group chat or in private. Even when the manager was off sick, it felt like they were still watching me, I would get message from them that said 'do not send anything to the others until I approve it first', which difficult since there was a deadline for the project and they were off sick. Poor career progression - every week you had to update Monday and Friday spread sheet on what projects you were doing that week and had to have a meeting with others giving each other the update. Plus every time the team clock out, we had to write a list of what task we did today and what we need to do tomorrow. if we did not do that, the manager will remind us. This again made me very uncomfortable and very paranoid that I felt like I was not doing enough compared to the others. Abrupt Redundancies: Employees easily made redundant without acknowledgment of their hard work. They will terminate you on the spot with not a care in the world. HR Team at the beginning can come across friendly, but you start to feel the tension later down the line. For example, being some-what force to have a company lunch once or twice a month online. I decided I didn't want to join (even though I thought I had a choice). When I let HR know, they ask me why and unless it's a good reason, what's the issue. That made me so uncomfortable and the bad tension to the point I gave in and said I would join, just avoid that question.
Ventajas
Nothing that is worth mentioning.
Desventajas
It's very common for a start-up to reach a stage where they need to bring in an experienced CEO to replace young tech founders, and TryHackMe has reached this critical juncture. The product is great and has a lot of potential. The team is full of extremely talented individuals. Unfortunately, rotten apples in leadership are holding the company back, and that's a real shame. The two co-founders have no business acumen. They also seem to think they're experts in design, marketing, sales, you name it…go figure. TryHackMe is an HR/cultural nightmare. There is a well-meaning HR team, but no meaningful HR work is being done due to toxic "leadership." For example, the co-founders refuse to hold any version of an all-hands meeting because it's "too expensive." Yet they're confused as to why not everyone feels connected to the mission. Hmm, maybe it's because no one actually talks about it. Next, the pay and "benefits." Co-founders love to shout from the rooftops about how the company is financially bootstrapped and stable. This sounds great until you realise it's mostly because they're paying people well below market rate and offer no real benefits. This company is the tech equivalent of Shein. If you want to be underpaid, undervalued, micromanaged, and spoken down to, this is the place for you! For everyone else, hold onto your self-respect and run far, far away.
Ventajas
very good and collaborative team
Desventajas
Overworking is a must if you want to keep your job, low pay (location based) which is racist. They force you to install monitoring software, and the only benefit you will get is your actual salary (don't expect any pay raise). Overall just not worth it.