The castle is under siege - Software Engineer Skyral Employee Review

3.0
1 Nov 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Unlimited holiday, which I was able to use. Private medical health insurance. Good diversity levels. Good compensation for some people.

Cons

First, the CEO, Joe Robinson, departed. Shortly after, numerous contractor agreements were ended, and since then, a continuous flow of full time employees has submitted their resignations. I am not certain if they are regretted or un-regretted attrition. Benefits have also shifted since our acquisition from Improbable. I'm not confident in leadership. There are some wacky incentives which mean I don't believe we are taking corrective action. I hope that all my friends from there can find secure jobs if they need them.

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1.0
8 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

A lot of committed and talented applied scientists/ engineers

Cons

Hard to think the company is doing well given the continual redundancies Exec leadership are very incompetent and it’s very obvious that they’re very inexperienced in the job (why does a 40 person company require two CEOs?) Jumping on anything that breathes and it’s hard to know why we’re doing the work other than it’s probably to make out the company is ‘in demand’ but it’s clearly not CEO cannot articulate a strategy (probably doesn’t have one) and cannot let go of anything (delegation is a serious problem as everything has to go through him)

2.0
5 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Talented engineers Decent middle management who knows how to motivate their teams Good compensation package Unlimited leave

Cons

Fairly clueless and tone deaf senior/exec leadership that often struggle to articulate themselves clearly or communicate clear priorities The products are cool but still making PoCs or tech demonstrators, with nothing in production after 7 years of trying. Has created a deflated/defeatist culture

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