By far and large, the worst employer I have experienced in my career. Everything that could go wrong, WILL go wrong. I worked for Nordcloud for half a year, and in this short time I managed to experience the worst time of my career. I can only speak of the Operations department as that is where I worked, but I met colleagues from other departments who had similar, if not worse experiences. Starting with the job itself, already from the beginning, nothing was clear and established and I had to rely on my own knowledge most of the time. Coaching/Support from my manager was practically non existent and in general I did not see good effective collaboration between teams. The tools the company uses are outdated and extremely slow for a company this size. Every simple little thing needs a “ticket” that takes days or weeks to get solved, and the processes are badly defined. To get to one simple report you have to navigate between 3 different systems as if we are still in 2008. The company is focused solely on billabillity and has complete disregard for anything else. I saw multiple people get fired without even having a chance to work on any project (overhiring much?) Most jobs in this company, including mine, were promoted as fully remote. 1 month into the job, my manager was telling me to go to the office regularly… which makes absolutely no sense. (She ended up using this as a reason to end my employment) Middle managers in this company can be some of the most toxic and two faced people you will meet in your career. In my personal experience my manager only made it difficult for me to complete my tasks only to complain about me later and has been difficult to work with from the very beginning. My manager would also send me work messages on a weekend, during the night. A note for my ex-manager: A good working environment does not rely on threats to your personnel specially when they have been complying with all company requirements. The cherry on top is the way I was let go: no proper warning, couple of weeks away from ending my trial period and 2 weeks away from my first bonus payout. I was dragged into a call out of the blue, with my manager and one HR employee, and given the unpleasant news in a very unprofessional way. Overall an extremely unpleasant and inhumane experience, Nordcloud is not what could be considered a traditional finnish company. But I guess having one look here in Glassdoor is enough to understand that. Avoid this company if you care about your mental health. I am leaving one star, because I can’t leave zero.
