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      4.3

      99% would recommend to a friend

      (90 total reviews)

      Brad Weeks

      91% approve of CEO

      76% positive business outlook

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      Cook Systems has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 90 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Cook Systems employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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      90 reviews
      2.0
      Aug 25, 2015

      Deceitful management- ignore fake reviews

      Software developer
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      Pros

      8 week training course free, company laptop provided, although you will have to pay for travel/hotel if you are out of town. Coursework is very in depth and you will learn a lot. Co workers are very nice and friendly for the most part.

      Cons

      Management- very deceitful they made all the employees post fake reviews as you can tell. Always making false promises to the employees when you begin training they tell you "in 3 years you will be making 70k" knowing that very few people will still be there after the first year. Your starting salary will be absurdly low for a software developer (30k) and you will be promised raises but you will be ignored when it comes time for those raises. Also be prepared to move anywhere across the country once you complete the training. Management only cares about billing hours and NOTHING else. You will get less than 2 weeks of PTO per year, and management will manipulate you into not using your pto days so they can get more billable hours out of you.

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      Cook Systems Response
      10y
      We are glad to hear you had some positive takeaways from your experience, but are disappointed that you didn't have a great one overall. Much has changed since your review, but critical feedback helps us to improve. Thanks again for taking the time to review us!
      1.0
      Sep 16, 2015

      Beware

      Software developer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      -Good training program. -Free 1 star hotel while training with unknown partner

      Cons

      -No pay for two months -Beware of recruiter giving you 100% raise after three years. -Below minimum starting salary as a Developer. -Don't let them reel you in with sales pitch voice. -You get weeded out in the training process. -If you have no options this may be an option for you regardless if you have don't have a Bachelors in CS or straight out of high school.

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      Cook Systems Response
      3y
      We are disappointed that you didn't have a great experience with us, but fortunately, much has chanced since you reviewed our company. Our FastTrack program can be completed completely remotely and incoming pay has been raised. Our goal is not to "sell" anyone on our program, it is to better people's lives through our program. Thanks for taking the time to leave us your thoughts so that we can continue to improve!
      5.0
      Jan 22, 2016

      The greatest privilege of my life

      Executive vice president
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      Pros

      Other than raising my own kids, this is the most important and rewarding thing I have ever done in my life. I am responsible for the FastTrack'D program for Cook Systems. Our goal was to increase the number of domestic enterprise class software developers. We realized that the deck was stacked against first time job seekers because everyone wanted developers with at least 3 years of experience. American applicants were in the catch-22 of can't get a programming job without experience and can't ever get experience without a programming job. Eventually even CS graduates have to take jobs in retail or food service to survive. They are lost to the IT industry forever. This has caused the supply of domestic developers to collapse. We are trying to change that by offering people an opportunity to re-start their careers. We are more interested in what you can do then what you did before. Our online tests let us identify people who have the aptitude and ability to be great software developers. Many people are smart but find themselves without a real career future. Some just didn't get that first good job. Some have degrees in math or physics or music and find that their job prospects are poor. If you have good character and work ethic, and are smart but under-employed, the FastTrack'D program can change your life. The people who make it through our screening and training process are not just the best programmers, they are the best people. We create a team environment where all FastTrackers help each other succeed. Each one knows that everyone of their colleagues has their back. FastTrackers know that they owe their opportunity to the FastTrackers ahead of them who's great performance created the reputation and opportunity for those who came after. If someone doesn't care about that, they don't belong in the program. Those who do care, are some of the finest human-beings in the world. It is my great pleasure to be associated with each and every one of our FastTrackers.

      Cons

      We are a small company trying to swim against the stream. We do things differently than the rest of the industry. We don't charge for our training because we think companies who sell training will pass everyone who pays and then don't care if they get a job or not. Since we don't charge for the training, we only make money if we hire and place our graduates. Though we do our best, not everyone makes it, and you can find reviews here from some who did not. This is not a code school that teaches you how to put menus on the internet. We create enterprise class java and .net developers who create complex applications for the largest companies in America. Once hired, we keep our FastTrackers as full time salaried employees with full benefits even between assignments. Our entry level salary is not very high but we give very large raises every 6 months for the first three years. By the third anniversary, every FastTracker makes at least 70k. It is expensive to do it this way but we think it is necessary to keep our people happy so that they don't have to worry about their next assignment.

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