Stress with a capital "S" - Ambassador Dishcrawl Employee Review

1.0
27 Dec 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

I got to get out around town on a daily basis and meet lots of people at events.

Cons

When I first began with the company (part-time), I was ecstatic and anxious to bring the concept to my city. After several successful events, I made the decision to go full-time and it wound up not being what I expected. I felt as if I was a prisoner and nothing I did was ever good enough. With multiple video calls each day, it was impossible to get things done. God forbid if I only tweeted 30 times a day instead of 40. I spent so much time and money on gas and marketing and never earned it back. After having a new boss every week and seeing so many people let go, I decided to leave and it was the best decision I ever made. If you love food, feel like wasting time and earning an income is not important, this is the job for you.

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5.0
9 Jan 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The problem with large companies as an engineer is that you rarely get a say in what areas of technology you want to explore or learn about. If the company has standardized on Java then you are pretty much hosed. The plus side about working at a smaller company is you get to explore and grow without a large amount of the bureaucracy you'd find at a much larger company. Dishcrawl tends to adopt a solution first strategy. Python is mostly used but it doesn't mean we frown on PHP. Whatever gets the job done. As with a lot of startups there is a good deal of autonomy with a focus on the end result.

Cons

It is a lot of work. There is an infinite amount of things you can make and picking what direction to go is tough. Like with all code there are bugs and critical ones have to be fixed quickly (even if it is 9pm on a Sunday night).

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3.0
6 Jun 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

-Able to work from home -Get to meet lots of people during the event, work with restaurants, and eat yummy food

Cons

-Lonely without coworkers -Unrealistic expectations -Hardly get paid for the hours you put in

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