DRB Senior Software Engineer reviews

4.2

81% would recommend to a friend

(2 total reviews)

Ian Williams

100% approve of CEO

81% positive business outlook

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2 reviews
5.0
Nov 5, 2023

Great Company

Recommend
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Pros

Positive and supportive work environment. Generous with raises and bonuses, especially when business is good, helping employees feel the success of the company. Good performance review system that focuses more on improvement throughout the year than end of year judgement.

Cons

Some imbalance of development resources, putting large amounts into the next big thing while other products struggle to keep up on maintenance and technical debt with a bare bones team.

1.0
Oct 2, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Worked with some cool people in the Idaho office. Plenty of soda in the fridge. They brought in cookies on people's birthdays. Good location in Meridian.

Cons

DRB is easily the worst company I have ever worked for. It was clear from the beginning that DRB management does not care about their subsidiaries or the employees that work for their subsidiaries. This is all despite nice, unifying, but ultimately bogus statements in company calls and emails. The main issue is that they paid their software engineers in Meridian (junior and senior) 40% less than the employees in Akron. So if you're looking for a software position in Idaho, take the salary listed here and adjust accordingly. Given that the cost of living is higher here than in Akron, the subsidiary engineers all are understaffed and overworked, and that a good portion of their Akron engineers fill their time running quick deployments of existing systems, this is ridiculous. DRB management was unwilling to grant resources to their subsidiaries for additional hires. This led to understaffed, stressed out teams across the organization, and turnover was extremely high. The Meridian office was practically a revolving door, with even experienced, well-liked team members burning out about every week and a half (out of 50-60 employees). New management may have done something to address this recently, but it was always the case during my employment. To illustrate the point of DRB being a miserable place to work, look no further than the longevity "incentives" tied to benefits. If you have to take away employer 401k contributions and restrict maternity/paternity leave for employees that stay less than 2 years, you have a problem. DRB is a slow-moving, lazy monopoly that cares very little for their employees. I'd avoid working here, especially for one of the subsidiaries.

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