A great place for someone interested in work life balance. - Senior Software Engineer BabyCenter Employee Review

4.0
Jun 11, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

BabyCenter really focuses on achieving a good work life balance. Since the company is so family focused no one bats an eye if you need to take a day off to stay home with a sick kid, or yourself. I rarely work late or on weekends which is not the norm for a software engineer. They implemented an agile process for development that helped create reasonable workloads. Lastly, there are some great people at BabyCenter. People that value your expertise and really attempt to help develop employees. Especially technically. Part of my goals is to attend a conference. I have never had that before at a company.

Cons

It's not working at apple. We are often not creating the newest most exciting technologies. However, we do have some great people that are incredibly smart that value the balance. The next biggest downside is it's location next to the train station. If you live on the peninsula and have to take the train it's great, but if you live in SF or East Bay it's extremely difficult to get to. It's also a fairly big company and a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson's, this raises it's head in all sorts of weird ways. An inept kludgy HR system, an inability to give out effective laptops. Things like that.

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5.0
Nov 3, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Wonderful company, people, and benefits

Cons

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5.0
Dec 8, 2017
Anonymous contractor
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

If you are a contractor, you have pretty good work/life balance. I worked here for 2 years and I've had a positive experience, even though I didn't get converted to full time (it's understandable in a financial standpoint). I've learned a lot here and my manager gave me the opportunity to take on more projects and tasks, which made good use of my 2 years here. I came here 2 years after graduating from college and it has helped shape me. The team dynamic here is great. You get invited to some company events and your managers will have your back. I can't speak for all contractors, but my manager made me feel included and a part of his team. He also made it clear to me that it is very hard to get converted to full time and was very transparent with whether or not I have a chance of getting converted. He also helped me get an extension, which gave me time to look for a new job. The location of this office is great. It's close to bart, caltrain, and muni. If you are a recent college grad who is looking to learn, BabyCenter will help you grow and I can guarantee you that you will learn a lot here. The pay is also not bad. The c-level execs are awesome, too. They make everyone feel like they are a part of the company.

Cons

It's difficult to get converted from a contractor to a full time employee, but I want to stress that this isn't entirely in BabyCenter's control. No benefits, but you can get some benefits from the contracting company you're with.

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