It is a sinking ship - Do not join!
Pros
- The data system is pretty messy so one side effect of this is that as a data scientist, you will have the chance to get your hand dirty and understand how to log data and clean data - Some very good talent in the team（however, they deserve something better I believe）
Cons
- Management: the management is very rubbish, especially some middle-level managers. A lot of them are very hypocritic and lack of empathy. The only thing they care about is whether their team is doing some work so that they can show off and get themselves promoted. They literally don't care how you feel, what is your career progression, what training you need. They are no difference with slave owners as their only job is to whip you and squeeze you to deliver. - Business model: it is not a money-making business. Even without Covid-19, the company is losing money, with the hope that one day they can turn it around. It is basically a delivery company, disguised under the fancy tech startup title. With Covid-19, it is clear that the company is going a downward spiral. There will be a big lay off in Data Science and it will not get anywhere better in the foreseeable future - Frugal: the first company that put frugal as one of its core values. How ridiculous! They can rationalize anything under it - cut all training budget, cannot afford to get you some basic tools, cut the over-time meal benefit, no promotion (the chance of getting promoted to senior is extremely low no matter how good your performance is... people are getting furious about it) - Huge pressure and hierarchical: as a DS, you need to join daily standup and speak out what you did yesterday and what you are going to do today. However, a big part of data scientist is thinking and exploration. You need to think about what is the best approach and what is to improve. With the pressure of daily standup, you have to deliver something tangible every day. It doesn't matter whether you put enough thinking to your analysis or whether you are using the right approach. All you need to do is to make sure you have something to speak in standup and make people feel you have done a lot of work! Also, though deliveroo is not a big tech company, it is very hierarchical. A lot of work is political related, without any real value. Nobody is willing to help you if you are stuck as everybody is so busy.
