Andela reviews

This is my personal view but a year ago I would have rated the company a 4 or 5 and that, unfortunately, is no longer the case. It's no secret that there has been many organizational and leadership changes, which is par for the course within a startup, but the management of these changes has been very poorly executed. The company also has an identity crisis about the type of company that they are and where they fit in the marketplace. It doesn't feel like they have found product-market fit and struggle increasingly because they have also lost a number of good people who actually cared about the impact of what they're doing. Nowadays there is a general sense of apathy and lack of compassion and higher-ups do not want to hear anything negative about the company or processes, even when it is constructive criticism that will help the company.

The revenue management changes very frequently and the lack of leadership continuity is deeply reflected in everything from an incohesive culture to large gaps in reporting data and lack of processes. It seems like several layers of management are under duress and also feel frustrated by the company-wide disorganization and the tension is generally deflected onto their direct reports. The company is shifting from being loosely self-defined as a "tech company" to being a software development outsourcing company. The restructuring has been clunky with lots of lay-offs (of several teams) and band aid internal solutions which make for an awkward feeling in the offices. Andela has a bizarre oscillation between demonstrating white savior tendencies and dehumanizing the software engineers by referring to them as a “product”. This is really not the place to go if you’re looking to work in any sort of start-up or SAAS environment. Even though the company touts their series D funding, they’re much more dysfunctional than most other companies of this size and stage of growth. If you end up accepting an offer, you’ll quickly feel like your work doesn’t make any sense and your manager is also quietly aware of this, but doesn’t want to raise any flags internally. You’ll be able to last a year if you join in sticking your head in the sand and helping everyone wantonly burn through the VC dollars.