5 - UIUX Designer Guide to Iceland Employee Review

The experience was eye-opening and made me more cautious and selective in my future job searches.

Toxic environment with zero respect for employees — stay away I worked at this company for a year, and that was more than enough. The owner is emotionally unstable — frequent outbursts, unpredictable decisions, and aggressive communication are the norm. There is no proper management or planning. Deadlines are completely unrealistic, and any attempt to question them is met with hostility. You're expected to be available 24/7, when you are on shift. Evenings, weekends, holidays — it doesn’t matter. If you're not online, you're treated as if you're slacking off. To make things worse, many highly skilled professionals were let go under the vague excuse of "budget cuts." These were people who were competent, dedicated, and well-liked by the team — which made it even more obvious that the issue wasn’t money, but mismanagement and lack of respect. There’s no professional development, no constructive feedback — only stress, chaos, and burnout. The atmosphere is suffocating. People walk on eggshells every day, afraid of being yelled at or fired for no reason. I wouldn’t recommend this company to anyone. Not even as a first job. It’s simply not worth it — no salary can make up for the psychological toll.

Great cafeteria and coworkers and realy nice office space.

The founder uses to much of drugs and is either in realy good mood or crazy, nothing in betwen. Uses public shaming when the results are no to his liking and has usualy 2-3 emploies at the office, he uses as a personal puncing bag. Goes back and forth with decisions and does not let the employes know, but shouts at them for not reading his mind. Throws out all talent that does not agree with all his ideas, surrounds himself with yes people.