Bending Spoons reviews

4.7

95% would recommend to a friend

(249 total reviews)
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Luca Ferrari

99% approve of CEO

97% positive business outlook

Bending Spoons has an employee rating of 4.7 out of 5 stars, based on 249 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Bending Spoons employee rating is 22% above average for employers within the IT (Information Technology) industry (3.9 stars).

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5.0
Sep 24, 2024

A truly amazing workplace

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Pros

Probably my favourite thing about working in Bending Spoons is how interesting the actual work that you are doing is. Even as a very junior engineer, you are given the opportunity to work on many exciting projects, which in my case has helped me grow a lot and understand deeply what it takes to successfully build apps - a thing that I've always been passionate about. Furthermore, there is a strong culture of idea meritocracy, so your opinions are always heard and actions to improve the status quo are actually taken in a swift manner when they are identified. Another thing that I really appreciate is the environment full of cool, skilled and open-minded people. In fact, the open-mindedness is something that always reflects in any operations of the company, such as how it defines its business strategies or how it chooses to benefit its employees.

Cons

When I first joined, being surrounded by so many skilled people started a sort of impostor syndrome in me, but I got over it as I received a lot of support from my teammates and as I grew inside the company.

5.0
Sep 2, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

If you want to work hard, be responsible for the projects you work on, and be treated as an adult, it's the right place for you. Almost from the get-go, even for Junior positions, you will be expected to start gathering context on the things you work on and have positive impact on whatever you're working on, which is not that common in mid-to-big companies, I'd say. The company expects you to work hard, but compensates you justly for it. The pay, benefits, retreats, events in Milan that anyone can join, no BS time off all help balance out the strain of working very hard.

Cons

One can sense that the culture of "working hard" sometimes borders on "burnout speedrun". There are people in the company that barely take any time off, and while it's their decision to do so, other employees might feel like they are expected to function like that as well, and in some cases it might be true. There's a feel that if you don't work insanely hard you will face a warning or be advised to leave, which is generally not the best for your overall well-being. In my opinion, it's a great place to grind really hard for a couple of years, but probably as the company grows and expects more and more from its employees, only the most hardcode workaholics will be able to secure a spot in Bending Spoons for, say, five years or more.

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