Kraken reviews

4.4

91% would recommend to a friend

(216 total reviews)

Amir Orad

92% approve of CEO

90% positive business outlook

Kraken has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 216 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Kraken employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informatique industry (3.9 stars).

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216 reviews
5.0
Jun 21, 2024
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Pros

Kraken is a company that is run for developers with a focus on developer experience, such a smooth onboarding process allowing you to be actively working on your team's project in your first week - with the tools and set up that works best for you. Kraken support hybrid, flexible, and remote working depending on the person's circumstances, as long as you're able to get your work done. They also have a robust yet unintrusive opsec that lets you work safely with the environment that works for you. There is also plenty of room for growth, with a clear progression path for management and towards individual contributor. Kraken also protect your salary with a yearly salary raise to account for inflation. Kraken started as the tech side of Octopus Energy and is now its own entity (which does still belong to the Octopus Energy group). It's worth noting that there are sub-companies within Kraken, like Kraken Flex, Kraken Field, and Kraken Utilities. This means that working for Kraken you also get the benefits from Octopus Energy group, like unlimited PTO, access to octopus money coach, free yoga classes, free headspace subscription, and every worker gets issued octopus energy group stock options when they join.

Cons

The developer standards are high, so it's not really a place for anyone who isn't passionate about programming or doesn't value best practise.

5.0
Jun 14, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Working at Kraken is what life should feel like! Everyone is excited to work every day and there is an overwhelmingly positive feeling towards work! You have loads of autonomy to start contributing and initiating things from the get go, and your opinions are valued at all levels of seniority and tenure! Flexibility is part of life here and there are no arbitrary times/requirements around how you work, taking off all the pressure that can be associated with working different hours to your colleagues. This is the first place I've worked at that I don't feel the hierarchy, everyone is just kind of keen to build cool things and welcome all contributions Also, there are some incredible minds here! A host of the textbooks I study and conference talks I've learnt from stem from the Engineers that are building Kraken and that's mad to think about. This is what I imagine Google felt like in its hay-day!

Cons

Nothing that comes to mind yet!

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