Decent pay, but unhealthy work-life balance - Senior Full Stack Developer Winedrops Employee Review

2.0
13 Feb 2026
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Pros

Diverse, friendly development team - good agile management/project tracking, with clear tasks

Cons

Management expects very fast output regardless of quality - expect to be working long hours. e.g. management mentioned one developer working several 12 hour days to get work complete for one of the wine festivals. Very large focus on getting new features out over anything else, quantity definitely prioritised over quality. This meant that there was a a lot of focus on AI generated code with no regards to quality or maintainability, and zero automated testing. Management definitely has a better understanding of the business aspects rather than the development side Fast-pace isn't unusual for a startup, and they're very transparent about the pace they expect, but there is definitely an unhealthy level of pressure and quality suffers as a result.

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5.0
2 Jun 2025
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Pros

Good management Co-founders involved in the business and help keep everything running smoothly for sales reps, as well as Ricky. Good hours, expected to work 40 hours a week Enjoyed working there a lot, their call script is tried and tested and worked well for me (Tom Goodland)

Cons

There were no cons working there.

5.0
4 Mar 2025
Recommend
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Pros

The pay structure is very fair, hourly wage, immediate commission and incentives on efficiency. Leads are warm, product is highly rated and the clientele are pretty receptive to a conversation owed to the inbound nature of them, Jonny & Seb are receptive and accountable leaders who listen to the reps on the script and how the offers are going, and will quickly adjust to improve and continue to help you throughout your hours. Flexible hours was really nice.

Cons

There's little culture but I mean its a startup everybody is working hard.

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