Core BTS reviews

Leadership, Variety of Projects, Feel like I am making a difference

1. I appreciate that Core is fully remote and committed to this effort. I live multiple hours from the nearest office and am not looking to move. 2. Unlimited PTO can often be a con at many workplaces, but managers at Core (at least the ones I’ve dealt with) are very good about encouraging folks to take PTO when they can. It also makes worrying about sick days using vacation go away. In my experience, project teams have been pretty relaxed about people needing to take single days off here and there, so I would say this is a culture where unlimited PTO works. 3. Core does make an effort to include and recognize employees through monthly company-wide meetings celebrating almost anything about employees (birthdays, work anniversaries, project completions, compliments from clients, compliments from coworkers, etc). 4. This is a Midwestern company, so salaries will never have the absolute numbers that Bay Area companies will offer. However, for midwestern companies, Core is pretty competitive in the salary department and when converted for cost of living it’s pretty clear that Core pays well especially when compared to other consulting companies based in the Midwest. Is it Google? No, but I would hazard a guess that most of the engineers working for Core could afford to buy a decent house in the regions that they live. The bonus structure is pretty nice too. 5. There is a very clear promotional structure within Core that is explained to you upon arrival. Promotions are not reliant on people above you being gone (thus avoiding a weird competitive culture around promotions that many companies can have), but rather you meeting a clear list of characteristics that are easily accessible. Therefore, you can move your way up the ladder without waiting for people above you to be gone first. 6. Core is a Microsoft based company, and has a very well done Microsoft integration with their business, probably the best I’ve ever seen. They use SharePoint and Teams to their fullest potential in my view. 7. Core is very encouraging of its employees trying to do things like speak at conferences or just attend conferences and will reimburse you for these costs. 8. If you don’t like sitting on the same project for years on end, then Core is a good option as consulting allows you to move from project to project. 9. Core’s leadership is good at talking regularly with employees. I’ve personally gotten to meet with the CEO, CSO, and multiple directors and VPs. You meet a lot during the new hire process. The leadership team seems like an understanding and human bunch, and I’ve never really had a bad interaction or experience with any of the top level executives at Core. You can actually just ping the CEO on Teams and he usually responds pretty quickly. 10. Core has a decently diverse employee base. I’ve met a lot of people from outside the US and from a large variety of demographic groups. Core (at least from what I’ve seen) is a fairly inclusive company.