(EMEA) In general, its a good workplace, with a HUGE BUT... - Software Test Engineer Align Technology Employee Review

4.0
Nov 23, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

- Pretty competitive salary and annual bonuses. - Amazing individual people around, huge pleasure to work with (at least, that was the case for me). - Interesting field of work. - Shares (if you care about this stuff). - Nice offices. - Growth opportunities, though somewhat limited. - Relocation options. - Presents during holidays! - Free aligners!

Cons

- Overall management is chaotic, thus: - Bad work/life balance (even if you don't get to work overtime). - Constant feel of deadline that never fades (this can be actually a Pros for someone, but not for me). - Work strategies that change often, but never actually stay. - Lack of employees to handle requested amount of tasks in requested amount of time, which always results in compromising either quality or mental health (sometimes both). - Amount of meetings is just too much and a lot of them could've being just an email. - Sometimes it seems like there is no management at all and some departments decide how things should be done "on a whim". There is no defined list of rules, which often results in "Sisyphean labor". - No communication and MIScommunication throughout all the levels. Speaking your honest mind when you want to suggest improvements is futile. - No dental insurance.

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5.0
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Pros

Great culture and work life balance

Cons

No salary adjustment for where you live

3.0
Apr 22, 2026
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Pros

It used to be a good company who made a premium product, with smart coworkers, interesting tasks that involved a lot of math problems, with detailed code reviews. It still has generous PTO, sick days and a discounted lunch (in Raleigh office).

Cons

Management changed and there is an ongoing optimisation with hidden layoffs / force quits with no severance. Biased performance reviews with high expectations. Frequent goal changes and useless projects that will eventually be terminated and the whole team will be shuffled or dismissed. Complete delivery mess. Left hand does not know what the right hand is doing. Knowledge transfer sucks. The only way to understand the feature is to dig into the code (bad for newbies). New unqualified and arrogant low-level managers and team-leads, hide their uselessness on endless meetings, blah-blah-blahing with no real impact just to add visibility. A lot of stress, 5 days from office in an open space with no remote option even for new parents. The base is low with no stocks. Pro-Russian company, previously based in Moscow, relocated the whole office to the US and Europe due to sanctions during Russian-Ukrainian war (they recently laid-off a few Ukrainian guys).

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