Calspan Software Engineer reviews

2.5

49% would recommend to a friend

(3 total reviews)

Louis H. Knotts

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49% positive business outlook

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3 reviews
2.0
Sep 9, 2024
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Pros

- Amazing people. - Good PTO policy. - Tasks were satisfying and made an impact. - If you did well, you were rewarded and promoted.

Cons

- Terrible, terrible work-life balance. 50-60 hour work weeks were regular, schedule was almost never predictable. Coming in on Saturdays were normal during busier seasons - Highly stressful work environment. Company was more interested in finding scapegoats over solutions when something went wrong. - Heavy micro-management. Old school management mentality. - Consistently understaffed. - Little focus on quality/process improvement from management, only making ends meet. - zero retention rate as no one wants to stay here.

3.0
Sep 13, 2023

ok

Recommend
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Pros

The local people are very helpful.

Cons

The company has been sold and changed hands many times. Goals and employee satisfaction sometimes improves and sometimes goes down depending on the new ownership.

3.0
Apr 19, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

The projects are extremely exciting, being either aerospace or other-transportation related. Small company allows for enriching and rewarding work soon out of college. Weekly hours are typically under 50 hours with flexibility of work-life balance.

Cons

Because it is a small company without a business plan with expansion, there are fewer opportunities to grow your career than at other larger or more successful companies. Same is true for salary, I was able to immediately increase my salary almost 20% at my next employer. There is also a lack of engineering expertise - this was noted to me by employees who had worked at large defense contractors and not realized by me until I left for a major healthcare R&D organization.

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