- Incredibly friendly and intelligent culture. Coworkers are all interested in honing their craft and constantly accept there's much they have to learn.
- Mission driven work. Cipher Tech always strives to find meaningful or technically interesting/engaging work.
- Management tries their best to engage with you as an equal and to listen to feedback and complaints to grow as a company. Everyone is very much willing to accept that they might be wrong or that there are things they don't know.
- If you don't like your contract or want to try something new, management is willing to work with you to move you somewhere else internally.
Cons
- Try to get onto a contract where Cipher Tech is the prime. Compensation isn't amazing but it's decent. Hard to compete against other companies with lower rates that are a result of being a subcontractor.
- Management tries their best to keep a pulse but the company is growing very fast and sometimes it's hard to ask for a moment knowing how busy the company's leadership is as they grow.
Management sent some care packages filled with snacks and inside jokes to boost morale during the pandemic. The size of the company allows management to stay and keep up with most people in the company. If you like to play boardgames and video games in your free time, and are passionate about national security there are few places better to work than CT.
Cons
Working for a subcontractor has its drawbacks as you won't get the same rate as a prime and the prime is incentivized to make your life more difficult. Culture of the company is aligned with nerd culture and a slight air of smugness.