good - Software Engineer Carousell Employee Review

5.0
19 Nov 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

1.macbook 2.work life balance 3. quick decisions and fast paced 4. freedom to grind and explore your areas of interest, provided your deliverables are not impacted 5. one of the few companies with great HRs and people management staff, they really do care. 6. Competitive pay 7. Work with a diverse set of people from different culture and backgrounds 8. Friendly and helpful peers both junior and senior, across borders 9. management is approachable 10. gifts on special occasions

Cons

1. too many quick decisions , resulting in brittle products or bad product roadmaps 2.no transparency when it comes to hike, performance, career growth or feedback 3.if manager is not good, you will not grow within company and you can be pushed behind. 4.growing backlog and outdated stack as engineers don't touch what's already working 5.too much focus on AI and AI tools 6. chasing profitability aggressively, laying off employees left and right, so job security is zero 7. running out of new ideas to monetize and squeezing existing users for increasing revenue 8. org level decisions feel too sudden and surprising with odd reasoning from top level management. 9. majority employees work silently because of fear of losing job, without even asking for a deserving reward 10. motivation level of employees is zero. Just do enough to survive and move on

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5.0
12 Mar 2022
Anonymous employee
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CEO approval
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Pros

good payment, nice co-workers and managers

Cons

a little bit stresfull at the start

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Carousell Response
3y
Hi there, thank you for writing this review so readers know the realities and make a more informed decision to join us. Glad you endorsed our team and managers. More importantly, thank you for your feedback on stress levels. Would love to have more details and specifics so I can learn more, please do not hesitate to connect with me on slack/email to share. Believe it can be found in our internal address book. Thanks again for sharing the realities so we attract the right mindset and motivation of candidates who research on glassdoor. It shares the opportunities where they can partner us to fix, scale and build together. Marcus, Co-founder
4.0
13 Nov 2018
Anonymous intern
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Lots of tough problems to be solved

Cons

Nothing very notable to be noted

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Carousell Response
6y
Thank you for making time to share your interview and experience on Glassdoor! - Marcus, Co-founder
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