Contender for the worst company in Australia - Software Engineer Netfira Employee Review

1.0
5 Aug 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Can work remotely if that is important for you. They dont have an office in Australia.

Cons

Management micromanages everything. It is led by people who have no experience managing engineering teams but make engineering decisions for everyone. You cannot influence anything here. Writing the hackiest code possible is the norm and you will get called out by the CEO if you put any thought into design and architecture. Hands down the worst company I have worked for. The CEO is a narcissist who thinks he can code but has the coding ability of someone who went to a 4 week bootcamp. Anything he doesn't understand is frowned upon and is considered unnecessary overengineering. 4 people have quit in the last 4 months.

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2.0
25 Apr 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

None, they have closed the USA office.

Cons

Dealing with employees over seas

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1.0
14 Jul 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

You'll gain firsthand experience dealing with narcissistic, unqualified leadership. Useful if you ever want to study dysfunction in a workplace.

Cons

The CEO (the owner's son) lacks any professional or technical credibility and routinely overrides his own developers with misguided decisions. The environment is defined by micromanagement, paranoia, and intimidation. Management knowingly breaks employment law. When I resigned, they refused to pay out my accrued annual leave. I had to take them to court, and won. The public ruling confirms their unlawful conduct. This wasn’t a one-off. Multiple employees faced the same treatment, with the company betting most wouldn't go through the legal process to claim what they were owed. Expect: - Underpayment and delayed wages - Falsified records - Gaslighting and bullying - Zero regard for employee wellbeing - No career growth, mentorship, or engineering standards

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