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3.7

72% would recommend to a friend

(9 total reviews)

Darren Knipp

89% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

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4.0
Nov 6, 2023
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Pros

+ Upper management does a good job of mostly shielding us from higher-level Brinks distractions. + Unlimited PTO, Work Life Balance are exceptional. + WFH policy is the norm; in office is optional. + "Culture" - the people I work with are genuinely empathetic and easy to get along with. + Tech stack - cloud-native, microservices, micro-front-ends, machine learning - lots of interesting and forward-facing tech

Cons

- Processes can be less-than-defined to the point of barely-controlled chaos - Hands-off management styles can sometimes leave people feeling directionless and/or like their ideas not getting the backing they hope for - Career opportunities can be a little limited, although that aspect has gotten more attention over time - Larger Brinks integration can sometimes intrude in very negative ways (budget, inconsistent communication, hard to get what you need, etc)

4.0
Oct 3, 2023
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Pros

The company culture here is great - everyone wants to build better tools and collaborating within and across teams is fairly seamless. We work with a lot of the latest tech and even junior engineers get involved in design and planning of projects. Work/life balance is very good as well - if I have something come up during the day it is not difficult to fit my work around it. PTO is stellar - they call it unlimited but the actual limit is 30 days/year, which is still excellent. My starting pay was higher than most new of my graduating class as well, though I have more to say about pay in the cons section.

Cons

My main complaint is that I have worked here for 2.5 years and have only gotten bare minimum raises in spite of going out of my way to grow and teach new hires, and I obtained several difficult-to-achieve certifications. The company has been very stingy with pay bumps and promotions - presumably due to budget issues - but nonetheless I feel that I am underpaid. I also have discussed a promotion with my superiors - and they seemed to dodge the conversation, providing no concrete input as to how I could achieve the senior title. Working for a company that is trying to make up a budget shortfall sucks - even after the layoffs earlier this year that haven't been able to hire interns for permanent positions or promote anyone.

3.0
Jul 17, 2023
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Pros

- work life balance - good tech stack - remote - unlimited PTO

Cons

- company is constantly battling with brinks, its owner - brink's initiated layoffs, tanking morale - brink's attempted to make us not remote - brink's gave a flat 3% raise to all employees following layoffs - balance innovations management claims to have had no say in how this all went down

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