Great developers, bad leadership - Engineering Manager Braintree Employee Review

2.0
Jul 28, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

The developers, account managers, technical support are all really smart and there is a lot to learn from everyone around. Great benefits including paternity leave, flexible vacation policy, fully stocked kitchen.

Cons

People in the director or above positions are amazing individual contributors but have little experience or skills with leading their teams, especially in the SF office. As a result, the attrition rate is high. More than 60% of the employees leave within 2 years. Senior managers have the skills but do not do right because they get played into the favoritism game. The company takes pride in making decisions on employee growth and development based on data and outcomes but what really works is being the "yes man".

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